S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7059
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to providing
access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals officers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 160.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. FOLLOWING AN ARREST BY A SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS OFFICER, SUCH OFFICER SHALL BE PERMITTED ACCESS TO THE LIVE SCAN
FINGERPRINTING SYSTEM OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THE
COMPLETION OF SUCH ARREST INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF
OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14436-01-9