Senate Bill S2589

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that certain prospective employees of the department of education have a criminal background check conducted on them

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2589 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
A8463 ,
S6502 ,
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3035, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5356, A9749
2017-2018: S1710, A4530

2015-S2589 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain prospective employees of the department of education have a criminal background check conducted on them.

2015-S2589 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2589 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2589

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  criminal  background
  checks of certain prospective employees

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 3035 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
  3-B.  UPON REQUEST FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BEEN CLEARED BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED
NINE-CC OR SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-D OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
FIC LAW, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO FORWARD
A  COPY  OF  SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD AND SUCH INDIVID-
UAL'S FINGERPRINTS TO THE COMMISSIONER  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  CONDUCTING  A
CRIMINAL  HISTORY  RECORD  CHECK PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.  FURTHERMORE,
UPON NOTIFICATION THAT SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE HAS  BEEN  CLEARED  FOR
EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUBSEQUENT
CRIMINAL HISTORY NOTIFICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08318-01-5


              

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