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Assembly Bill A8192A

Signed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to including probation officers with respect to the confidentiality of personnel records of police officers, firefighters and correction officers

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2013-A8192 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5950
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-a, Civ Rts L

2013-A8192 - Summary

Relates to including probation officers with respect to the confidentiality of personnel records of police officers, firefighters and correction officers.

2013-A8192 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8192

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to including probation
  officers with respect to the confidentiality of personnel  records  of
  police officers, firefighters and correction officers

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 50-a of the civil rights  law,  as
amended  by  section 53 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1. All personnel records used to evaluate performance toward continued
employment or promotion, under the  control  of  any  police  agency  or
department  of  the state or any political subdivision thereof including
authorities or agencies maintaining police forces of individuals defined
as police officers in section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law  and
such  personnel records under the control of a sheriff's department or a
department of correction of individuals employed as correction  officers
and  such  personnel records under the control of a paid fire department
or    force    of    individuals    employed    as    firefighters    or
firefighter/paramedics  and  such personnel records under the control of
the department of corrections and community supervision for  individuals
defined  as  peace officers pursuant to subdivisions twenty-three [and],
twenty-three-a AND TWENTY-FOUR of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
law shall be considered confidential and not subject  to  inspection  or
review without the express written consent of such police officer, fire-
fighter,  firefighter/paramedic,  correction  officer  or  peace officer
within the department of corrections and community supervision except as
may be mandated by lawful court order.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11765-02-3

2013-A8192A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5950
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-a, Civ Rts L

2013-A8192A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including probation officers with respect to the confidentiality of personnel records of police officers, firefighters and correction officers.

2013-A8192A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 8192--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on  Govern-
  mental  Operations  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
  reported  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --   committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to including probation
  officers  with  respect to the confidentiality of personnel records of
  police officers, firefighters and correction officers

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 50-a of the civil rights law, as
amended by section 53 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of  the  laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1. All personnel records used to evaluate performance toward continued
employment  or  promotion,  under  the  control  of any police agency or
department of the state or any political subdivision  thereof  including
authorities or agencies maintaining police forces of individuals defined
as  police  officers  in  section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law and
such personnel records under the control of a sheriff's department or  a
department  of correction of individuals employed as correction officers
and such personnel records under the control of a paid  fire  department
or    force    of    individuals    employed    as    firefighters    or
firefighter/paramedics and such personnel records under the  control  of
the  department of corrections and community supervision for individuals
defined as peace officers  pursuant  to  subdivisions  twenty-three  and
twenty-three-a  of  section  2.10 of the criminal procedure law AND SUCH
PERSONNEL RECORDS UNDER THE CONTROL OF A PROBATION DEPARTMENT FOR  INDI-
VIDUALS DEFINED AS PEACE OFFICERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FOUR OF
SECTION 2.10 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW shall be considered confiden-
tial and not subject to inspection or review without the express written

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11765-03-4

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