Senate Bill S2155

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes no public entity, nor any officer or employee thereof, shall require a person's social security number to appear on certain public records

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to codes
Feb 12, 2009	referred to codes

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2009-S2155 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:: Add §50-f, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S243

2009-S2155 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes no public entity, nor any officer or employee thereof, shall require a person's social security number to appear on certain public records.

2009-S2155 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2155

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
special permits and certification for commercial application of
aquatic antifouling paints

 PURPOSE :
States that social security numbers shall not appear on certain public
records filed with a public entity in order to help combat identity
theft.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Adds a new section 50-f to the civil rights law to state that no
public entity or any officer or employee thereof shall require a
person's social security number to appear on mortgages, judgments,
uniform commercial code filings, death certificates, veteran's
discharges, or state tax warrants. However, at its discretion they may
enter into an agreement to provide a persons social security number
when necessary to further the entity's official functions.

Subdivision 2 states that a public entity in receipt of a request for
a record which contains a person's social security number shall reject
the request if they determine that record sought could be used for any
commercial, illegal or unrelated purposes. Subdivision 3 states the
definition of public entity.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Identity theft is a growing concern in New York State.  Unscrupulous
individuals are looking for any way they can to get someone's social
security number. One of these ways is to come into possession of
certain documents that might contain social security numbers. This
legislation is aimed at curbing the availability of these records.
There is no reason that public entities should be providing the means
for these individuals to steal a persons identity.  By prohibiting the
dissemination of information containing social security numbers we
will take a step towards safeguarding our citizens. The records listed
in this legislation have no need to have a social security written on
them, doing so only opens up the unsuspecting individual to the
possibility of identity theft.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
S.957-A/A.6120 of 2007/2008; Amended and referred to Senate Codes
Committee
S.3933/A.7920 of 2005/2006, Referred to Committee on Codes.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
120 days after having become law.

2009-S2155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2155

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MAZIARZ,  DeFRANCISCO,  DIAZ,  O. JOHNSON, LANZA,
  LIBOUS, MORAHAN, RANZENHOFER, SALAND, SKELOS, VOLKER,  YOUNG  --  read
  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing social
  security numbers shall not appear on certain public records

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

  Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
50-f to read as follows:
  S 50-F. PRIVACY OF PUBLIC RECORDS. 1. A. NO  PUBLIC  ENTITY,  NOR  ANY
OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE  THEREOF, SHALL REQUIRE A PERSON'S SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER TO APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC RECORDS:
  (I) MORTGAGES;
  (II) JUDGMENTS;
  (III) UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE FILINGS;
  (IV) DEATH CERTIFICATES;
  (V) VETERAN'S DISCHARGES; OR
  (VI) STATE TAX WARRANTS.
  B. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  PROHIBIT  A  PUBLIC
ENTITY,  IN ITS DISCRETION, FROM ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ANY OTHER
PUBLIC ENTITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF A PERSON'S SOCIAL  SECURITY  NUMBER
WHEN NECESSARY TO FURTHER THE PUBLIC ENTITY'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS.
  2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW, A PUBLIC ENTITY IN
RECEIPT OF A REQUEST FOR A RECORD WHICH CONTAINS A PERSON'S SOCIAL SECU-
RITY NUMBER SHALL REJECT SUCH A REQUEST IF SUCH ENTITY  DETERMINES  THAT
THE RECORD SOUGHT WOULD, IF DISCLOSED, BE USED FOR ANY COMMERCIAL, ILLE-
GAL OR ANY OTHER UNRELATED PURPOSE.
  3.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS ANY STATE OR
LOCAL DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, BUREAU,  DIVISION,  COMMISSION,  PUBLIC
AUTHORITY,  PUBLIC  BENEFIT  CORPORATION,  OFFICE,  OR  ANY OTHER ENTITY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04623-01-9

S. 2155                             2

PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE  OR  ANY
OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall  have  become  a  law.  Any rules and regulations necessary to
implement the provisions of this act on its effective date  are  author-
ized and directed to be promulgated on or before such effective date.

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