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Senate Bill S8376

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the processing of certain requests by police departments

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2017-S8376 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§846-h & 837-c, Exec L

2017-S8376 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that police departments shall forward and the division of criminal justice services shall receive and retain any fingerprints and such descriptive data as such division may require of all other persons applying for employment with such police department.

2017-S8376 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8376 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8376
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  processing  of
   certain requests by police departments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9  of  section  846-h  of  the
 executive law, as amended by chapter 625 of the laws of 2005, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) The term "law enforcement agency" shall mean any agency or depart-
 ment  of  any  municipality, any police district, or any agency, depart-
 ment, commission, authority or public benefit corporation of  the  state
 of  New  York employing a police officer or police officers as that term
 is defined in [paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (j),  (k),  (l),
 (o),  (p),  and  (s)  of] subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the
 criminal procedure law.
   § 2. Subdivision b of section 837-c of the executive law, as added  by
 chapter 482 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The  police  department [may] SHALL forward and the division shall
 receive, process and, subject to subdivision e of this  section,  retain
 fingerprints  and  such  descriptive data as the division may require of
 persons applying for employment AS A POLICE OFFICER  with  such  depart-
 ment.  IN  ADDITION,  THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY FORWARD AND THE DIVISION
 SHALL RECEIVE, PROCESS AND, SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION E  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 RETAIN  FINGERPRINTS  AND  SUCH  DESCRIPTIVE  DATA  AS  THE DIVISION MAY
 REQUIRE OF ALL OTHER PERSONS APPLYING FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH  SUCH  DEPART-
 MENT.
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15674-01-8

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