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Assembly Bill A4157

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to automatic license plate readers

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2023-A4157 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3165
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, add §837-x, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7245
2017-2018: S23
2019-2020: A7254, S40
2021-2022: A940, S685
2025-2026: A907, S963

2023-A4157 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and mandatory postings of policies and annual reporting requirements.

2023-A4157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4157
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, VANEL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the use  of  automatic
   license plate reader systems
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A) DEVELOP, MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE  A  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY
 GOVERNING THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS. THE MINIMUM
 STANDARDS  POLICY  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, PROVISIONS ON
 PERMISSIBLE USES OF THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY,  DATA
 SHARING AND DISSEMINATION, PROHIBITED USES, RECORD RETENTION AND MANAGE-
 MENT,  AND  TRAINING.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "AUTOMATIC LICENSE
 PLATE READER SYSTEM" OR "ALPR SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A SYSTEM OF ONE OR MORE
 MOBILE OR FIXED HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS USED  IN  COMBINATION  WITH  COMPUTER
 ALGORITHMS  TO  CONVERT  IMAGES OF LICENSE PLATES INTO COMPUTER-READABLE
 DATA.
   (B) RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE  SENATE
 AND  THE  SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF  A  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR  ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
 AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALONG  WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 837-x to
 read as follows:
   § 837-X. DISCLOSURE OF THE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY  FOR  AUTOMATIC
 LICENSE  PLATE READERS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.  ALL STATE AND LOCAL
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY POST THE MINIMUM STANDARDS  FOR
 THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS POLICY, AS PROMULGATED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07628-01-3

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