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Assembly Bill A5424

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires taking of the photograph and palmprints of all juvenile delinquents; repealer

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2009-A5424 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add ยง306.1 sub 2, Fam Ct Act

2009-A5424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the taking of the photograph and palmprints of all juvenile delinquents so as to provide a means of establishing the actual identity of persons arrested as juvenile delinquents.

2009-A5424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5424

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ERRIGO, KOLB, TOBACCO, WALKER, FINCH -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.    ALFANO,  BARRA,  BUTLER,  CROUCH,  DUPREY,
  HAWLEY,  JORDAN,  McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, OAKS, SAYWARD, TOWNSEND -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to  the  photographing
  and palmprints of juvenile delinquents; and to repeal subdivision 2 of
  section 306.1 of such law relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 306.1 of the family court  act  is
REPEALED and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
  2.  FOLLOWING  THE  ARREST  OF A CHILD ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELIN-
QUENT, OR THE FILING OF A DELINQUENCY PETITION INVOLVING A CHILD WHO HAS
NOT BEEN ARRESTED, THE ARRESTING OFFICER  OR  OTHER  APPROPRIATE  POLICE
OFFICER  OR  AGENCY  SHALL  TAKE OR CAUSE TO BE TAKEN THE PHOTOGRAPH AND
PALMPRINTS OF SUCH CHILD.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05820-01-9

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