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Assembly Bill A2730

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "diplomatic immunity notification act"

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2015-A2730 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S173
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Law Enforcement Officers
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8051
2011-2012: A291
2013-2014: A3519, S7393
2017-2018: S2025

2015-A2730 (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.

2015-A2730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2730

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, JAFFEE, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. COOK, CROUCH, GALEF, GLICK, McDONOUGH, RAIA, TITONE -- 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  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-
ant  to  subdivisions 1 and 2 of this section to the governor, temporary
president of the senate, minority leader of the senate, speaker  of  the
assembly, and minority leader of the assembly. Such report shall also be
transmitted to the United States Department of State Bureau of Diplomat-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00189-01-5

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