Assembly Bill A4209

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires commercial airports to identify and maintain a record of all minors unaccompanied by an adult

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A4209 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §14-n, Transp L; add §75, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A7642

2011-A4209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs commercial air carrier airports to identify and maintain a record of each child under 18 who arrives unaccompanied by an adult; such information shall be reported to the civil rights bureau of the department of law on a monthly basis; directs the attorney general, office of children and family services and local child protective services to establish procedures to ensure that children do not fall into the hands of human traffickers.

2011-A4209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4209

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. P. RIVERA, N. RIVERA, LIFTON, BENEDETTO, HOOPER,
  ROBINSON, MILLMAN, COOK, MAISEL,  JAFFEE,  CLARK,  MAYERSOHN,  REILLY,
  LANCMAN, SPANO, WEISENBERG, J. RIVERA, PERRY, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,  COLTON, CROUCH, GABRYSZAK, GALEF, GIGLIO,
  HIKIND, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGEE, MARKEY,  McKEVITT,  ORTIZ,  PHEFFER,
  RAMOS,  SALADINO,  TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Transportation

AN ACT to amend  the  transportation  law  and  the  executive  law,  in
  relation  to requiring airports with commercial air carrier service to
  identify and report on children arriving unaccompanied by an adult

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

  Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
14-n to read as follows:
  S 14-N. MINORS UNACCOMPANIED BY AN  ADULT  AT  AN  AIRPORT.  1.  EVERY
AIRPORT  IN  THIS  STATE  HAVING  COMMERCIAL  AIR CARRIER SERVICE SHALL,
SUBJECT TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE ATTORNEY  GENERAL,  IDENTIFY
AND  MAINTAIN  A  RECORD OF EACH CHILD, UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS,
ARRIVING AT SUCH AIRPORT ABOARD A COMMERCIAL AIR CARRIER AND  UNACCOMPA-
NIED  BY AN ADULT WHO IS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.  FURTHERMORE,
EACH SUCH AIRPORT SHALL DETERMINE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON WHO
WILL TAKE CUSTODY OF ANY SUCH MINOR WHEN HE OR SHE ARRIVES AT HIS OR HER
AIRPORT OF DESTINATION.
  2. EACH AIRPORT, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE
OF THIS SECTION, SHALL REPORT ALL INFORMATION COMPILED PURSUANT TO  SUCH
SUBDIVISION  TO  THE  CIVIL  RIGHTS BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ON A
MONTHLY BASIS, SUBJECT TO THE RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
  S  2.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 75 to read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00431-01-1

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