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Senate Bill S5222

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the "diplomatic immunity notification act"

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2009-S5222 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S391

2009-S5222 - Summary

Requires notification to certain federal and state agencies when certain persons with diplomatic immunity violate the law; requires a report by law enforcement or police agencies to include, but not be limited to, the name of the person protected by diplomatic immunity; the person's title, position and/or assignment in the United States; and the date, time, location and nature of the incident, including the potential penal law violations prompting such person having been arrested or who would have been arrested but for their diplomatic immunity.

2009-S5222 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5222 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5222

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT in relation to requiring  notification  to  certain  federal  and
  state  agencies  when certain persons with diplomatic immunity violate
  the law

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

  Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "diplomat-
ic immunity notification act".
  S  2.  1.  Each  incident,  occurrence  or circumstance where a person
protected from detention, arrest, and/or prosecution by diplomatic immu-
nity was in fact stopped, questioned, detained and/or arrested by a  law
enforcement  or  police  agency  concerning a potential violation of the
penal law of the state of New York shall be reported by such  agency  to
the following:
  (a) the secretary of state of the United States;
  (b) the secretary-general of the United Nations;
  (c) the ambassador or chief diplomatic officer to the United States of
such  individual's  home country and of the country employing such indi-
vidual in a capacity through which  such  individual  enjoys  diplomatic
immunity;
  (d) the governor;
  (e) the attorney general; and
  (f)  the chief elected officer of the locality in which such incident,
occurrence or circumstance occurred.
  2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the name  of  the
person  protected  by  diplomatic immunity; the person's title, position
and/or assignment in the United States; and the date, time, location and
nature of the incident, including the  potential  penal  law  violations

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05669-04-9

2009-S5222A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S391

2009-S5222A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification to certain federal and state agencies when certain persons with diplomatic immunity violate the law; requires a report by law enforcement or police agencies to include, but not be limited to, the name of the person protected by diplomatic immunity; the person's title, position and/or assignment in the United States; and the date, time, location and nature of the incident, including the potential penal law violations prompting such person having been arrested or who would have been arrested but for their diplomatic immunity.

2009-S5222A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5222A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5222--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  requiring notification to certain federal and
  state agencies when certain persons with diplomatic  immunity  violate
  the law

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

  Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "diplomat-
ic immunity notification act".
  S 2. 1. Each incident,  occurrence  or  circumstance  where  a  person
protected from detention, arrest, and/or prosecution by diplomatic immu-
nity  was  in  fact  arrested, or would have been arrested but for their
diplomatic immunity by a law enforcement or police agency  concerning  a
potential  violation  of the penal law of the state of New York shall be
reported by such agency to the following:
  (a) the United States department of state;
  (b) the secretary-general of the United Nations;
  (c) the ambassador or chief diplomatic officer to the United States of
such individual's home country  and  of  the  country  or  international
organization  employing such individual in a capacity through which such
individual enjoys diplomatic immunity;
  (d) the governor;
  (e) the attorney general; and
  (f) the chief elected officer of the locality in which such  incident,
occurrence or circumstance occurred.
  2.  Such  report shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the
person protected by diplomatic immunity; the  person's  title,  position
and/or assignment in the United States; and the date, time, location and
nature  of  the  incident,  including the potential penal law violations

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05669-06-9

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