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May 03, 2018 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S8376
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S8376 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§846-h & 837-c, Exec L
2017-S8376 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8376 SPONSOR: GALLIVAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the processing of certain requests by police departments PURPOSE: This legislation provides for improved police officer training and hiring by expanding the law enforcement agencies eligible for accredi- tation by the Law Enforcement Accreditation Council and mandating that all police agencies conduct a fingerprint based background check on applicants being. considered for employment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would amend Executive law § 846-h(9)(a) to make all agencies that employ police officers, as the term is defined by Criminal Procedure Law § 1.20 (34), eligible for accreditation by the
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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