A7476A-2011 Actions

• Mar 6, 2012: print number 7476a
• Mar 6, 2012: amend and recommit to higher education
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to higher education
• May 6, 2011: referred to higher education

A7476A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 7476--A
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 May 6, 2011
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, McENENY, LANCMAN, P. RIVERA, MAISEL,
 JAFFEE, CAMARA, ENGLEBRIGHT, LINARES, MOYA,  HOOPER,  GIBSON,  PAULIN,
 THIELE,  SIMOTAS,  CLARK, ROSENTHAL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
 of A.  AUBRY, BRENNAN, CERETTO, FARRELL, GABRYSZAK, McDONOUGH,  McKEV
 ITT,  MONTESANO, MURRAY, RA, TEDISCO, TENNEY -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to  the  Committee
 on  Higher  Education  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
 recommitted to said committee
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to accurate reporting of
 crimes on college and university campuses
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  The subdivision heading and paragraph a of subdivision 17
 of section 355 of the education law, as added by chapter 22 of the  laws
 of 1999, are amended to read as follows:

 [Plans  for investigation of violent felony offenses] INVESTIGATION OF
 CRIMES AND CRIME REPORTING. a.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  state
 university of New York shall adopt rules requiring that each institution
 of the state university, on or before January first, two thousand, adopt
 and  implement  a  plan  providing  for the investigation of any violent
 felony offense occurring at or on the grounds of each such  institution,
 and  providing for the investigation of a report of any missing student.
 Such plans shall provide for the coordination of  the  investigation  of
 such  crimes and reports with local law enforcement agencies. Such plans
 shall include, but not be limited to, written agreements with  appropri
 ate  local  law  enforcement  agencies providing for the prompt investi
 gation of such crimes and reports AND A REQUIREMENT THAT THE INSTITUTION
 SHALL NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS PRACTICA
 BLE BUT IN NO CASE MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS  AFTER  A  REPORT  OF  A
 VIOLENT  FELONY  OR THAT A STUDENT WHO RESIDES IN HOUSING OWNED OR OPER
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08261-09-2
 
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 ATED BY SUCH INSTITUTION IS MISSING; PROVIDED  THAT  NO  SUCH  REPORTING
 REQUIREMENT  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  REQUIRE  ON-CAMPUS MEDICAL PERSONNEL
 INVOLVED IN THE EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT OF  THE  VICTIM  OF  A  VIOLENT
 OFFENSE TO REPORT INFORMATION RELATING TO SUCH VICTIM OR OFFENSE.
 

S  2.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 15 of section 6206 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 22 of the laws of 1999, is amended to  read  as
 follows:

 a.  The board of trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each insti
 tution of the city university, on or before January first, two thousand,
 adopt and implement a  plan  providing  for  the  investigation  of  any
 violent  felony  offense  occurring  at  or  on the grounds of each such
 institution, and providing for the investigation  of  a  report  of  any
 missing  student.  Such  plans shall provide for the coordination of the
 investigation of such crimes and  reports  with  local  law  enforcement
 agencies.  Such  plans  shall  include,  but  not be limited to, written
 agreements with appropriate local law enforcement agencies providing for
 the prompt investigation of such crimes and reports  AND  A  REQUIREMENT
 THAT THE INSTITUTION SHALL NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
 AS  SOON AS PRACTICABLE BUT IN NO CASE MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER
 A REPORT OF A VIOLENT FELONY OR THAT A STUDENT WHO  RESIDES  IN  HOUSING
 OWNED  OR OPERATED BY SUCH INSTITUTION IS MISSING; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH
 REPORTING REQUIREMENT SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  REQUIRE  ON-CAMPUS  MEDICAL
 PERSONNEL  INVOLVED  IN  THE EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT OF THE VICTIM OF A
 VIOLENT OFFENSE  TO  REPORT  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  SUCH  VICTIM  OR
 OFFENSE.
 

S  3.  Paragraph a of subdivision 8-a of section 6306 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 22 of the laws of 1999, is amended to  read  as
 follows:

 a.  The board of trustees shall, on or before January first, two thou
 sand, adopt and implement a plan providing for the investigation of  any
 violent  felony  offense  occurring  at  or  on the grounds of each such
 institution, and providing for the investigation  of  a  report  of  any
 missing  student.  Such  plans shall provide for the coordination of the
 investigation of such crimes and  reports  with  local  law  enforcement
 agencies.  Such  plans  shall  include,  but  not be limited to, written
 agreements with appropriate local law enforcement agencies providing for
 the prompt investigation of such crimes and reports  AND  A  REQUIREMENT
 THAT THE INSTITUTION SHALL NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
 AS  SOON AS PRACTICABLE BUT IN NO CASE MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER
 A REPORT OF A VIOLENT FELONY OR THAT A STUDENT WHO  RESIDES  IN  HOUSING
 OWNED  OR OPERATED BY SUCH INSTITUTION IS MISSING; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH
 REPORTING REQUIREMENT SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  REQUIRE  ON-CAMPUS  MEDICAL
 PERSONNEL  INVOLVED  IN  THE EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT OF THE VICTIM OF A
 VIOLENT OFFENSE  TO  REPORT  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  SUCH  VICTIM  OR
 OFFENSE.
 

S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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