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Jan 27, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S6690
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, Ind, WF) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2009-S6690 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §837-s, Exec L; add §490.02, Pen L
2009-S6690 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6690 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law and the penal law, in relation to the prevention of terrorist attacks; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof PURPOSE : This bill would authorize any peace or police officer to consider national origin as one of many - which could be used in identifying persons who can be Initially stopped, questioned, frisked and/or searched on furtherance of government s compelling interest in deterring terrorist attacks. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section One of this bill would declare the legislative findings and intent of this proposed legislation. Section Two of this bill would amend the Executive law to add a new section 837-s, to allow a peace officer or police officer to consider the apparent national origin of a suspect as one of the many factors in a potential terrorist suspect profile which he or she could use to identify persons who could be stopped, questioned, frisked and/or searched in furtherance of the government's compelling interest in deterring terrorist attacks.
2009-S6690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6690 I N S E N A T E January 27, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LEIBELL, MAZIARZ, MORAHAN, PADAVAN, SEWARD, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law and the penal law, in relation to the prevention of terrorist attacks; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares that preventing terrorist attacks on our citizens - including not only possible deaths and injuries, but also crushing economic harm or even chaos - is a compelling governmental interest. The legislature further finds and declares that since both law enforcement resources and the time necessary to make an initial decision regarding stopping and questioning are very limited, this compelling governmental interest demands that law enforcement must be afforded the means of identification of potential terrorist suspects as effectively and efficiently as possible so that they may be stopped, questioned, frisked, and/or searched. The legislature also finds and declares that homeland security experts have suggested that, while no one single factor is definitive, a wide variety of factors, such as the following, can help identify potential terrorism suspects: 1. wearing heavy clothing in warm weather; 2. carrying a briefcase, duffle bag or backpack with protrusions or visible wires; 3. displaying nervousness and/or inappropriate sweating; 4. an inability or unwillingness to make eye contact; 5. chemical burns on clothing or stains on hands. For this reason, law enforcement personnel are often asked to look for and consider such factors in determining which persons to stop, ques- tion, frisk and/or search. The legislature additionally finds and declares that many homeland security experts have suggested, and the history of modern terrorism has EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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