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Assembly Bill A291

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the "diplomatic immunity notification act"

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2011-A291 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S391
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Law Enforcement Officers
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8051, S5222
2013-2014: A3519
2015-2016: A2730

2011-A291 - 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.

2011-A291 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   291

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LANCMAN, GABRYSZAK, CASTRO, JAFFEE -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  -- M. of A.  BARRON, BURLING, CALHOUN, COOK, CROUCH, GALEF,
  GLICK, JEFFRIES, McDONOUGH, McENENY, MOLINARO, RAIA,  REILLY,  TITONE,
  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

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

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

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2011-A291A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S391
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Law Enforcement Officers
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8051, S5222
2013-2014: A3519
2015-2016: A2730

2011-A291A (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.

2011-A291A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 291--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LANCMAN, GABRYSZAK, CASTRO, JAFFEE -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  -- M.  of A. BARRON, BURLING, CALHOUN, COOK, CROUCH, GALEF,
  GLICK, JEFFRIES, McDONOUGH, McENENY, RAIA, REILLY, TITONE,  WEISENBERG
  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to
  the Committee on Codes in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
  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 crime that would be punishable as a misdemeanor or  a  felony,
shall  be  reported  by  such agency to the division of criminal justice
services and to the United States Department of State Bureau  of  Diplo-
matic Security.
  2.  Such  report  shall  include  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 inci-
dent, including the potential penal law violations prompting such person
having been, or who would have been arrested but  for  their  diplomatic
immunity.
  3.  On an annual basis the division of criminal justice services shall
issue a statistical report about the number of incidents reported pursu-

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

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