Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1685/amendment/a
Timestamp: 2020-08-12 16:18:56
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§50', '§89', '§160', '§  2', '§  3', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7']

NY State Assembly Bill A1685A
assembly Bill A1685A
Excludes video camera recordings from cameras worn or used by police from being included as personnel records; makes certain records available to independent review boards
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Oct 25, 2019 print number 1685a
Oct 25, 2019 amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
Jan 16, 2019 referred to governmental operations
A1685 - Details
S3398
Amd §§50-a & 1-a, Civ Rts L; amd §89, Pub Off L; amd §§160.50, 160.55, 160.58 & 160.59, CP L
2015-2016: A8368, S6030
2017-2018: A4268, S3140
A1685 - Summary
Excludes video camera recordings from cameras worn or used by police from being included as personnel records; makes certain records available to independent review boards investigating allegations of police or law enforcement misconduct.
A1685 - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced by M. of A. QUART, BICHOTTE, BUCHWALD, KIM, DILAN, BENEDETTO,
BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper-
AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil rights law and the public officers law, in
relation to excluding video camera recordings  from  cameras  worn  or
used by police from being included as personnel records
Section 1. Section 50-a of the civil rights law is amended by adding a
5. A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  RECORDINGS
MADE   OF   POLICE   OFFICERS,   FIREFIGHTERS,   FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDICS,
CORRECTION OFFICERS OR PEACE OFFICERS IN THE COURSE OF  DUTY,  INCLUDING
RECORDINGS  MADE  BY  BODY CAMERAS WORN BY AN OFFICER, DASHBOARD CAMERAS
PLACED ON ANY PART OF AN OFFICER'S  MOTOR  VEHICLE,  TRUCK,  BICYCLE  OR
OTHER  VEHICLE, CAMERAS MOUNTED ON A TASER OR OTHER WEAPON, OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENT-OPERATED  RECORDING  DEVICE,  OR  THE  METADATA  FROM   THOSE
B.  ANY RECORDING, AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND
RELEASED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS  LAW,
SHALL HAVE ALL IDENTIFYING DETAILS OF ALL PERSONS IN THE VIDEO REDACTED,
INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  FACIAL  FEATURES AND VOICES AND OTHER
PERSONAL INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION  NINETY-
TWO OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
C.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL MODIFY THE RIGHTS OF LITIGANTS IN A
CIVIL OR CRIMINAL ACTION TO ACCESS RECORDINGS OR METADATA.
D. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO  DISALLOW  RECORDINGS
OR  METADATA FROM BEING USED FOR DISCIPLINARY, HIRING OR OTHER PERSONNEL
E. ANYONE WHO REQUESTS A RECORDING OR METADATA, AS SPECIFIED IN  PARA-
GRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND RELEASED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-SEV-
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EN  OF  THE  PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, MAY ALSO REQUEST ANY OR ALL RECORDS OF
AGENCIES AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FOUR OF SECTION EIGHTY-SIX
OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, NECESSARY ONLY TO IDENTIFY  ANY  OFFICER  IN
THE RECORDING OR METADATA.
§  2.  The opening paragraph of section 1-a of the civil rights law is
designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is  added  to  read  as
2.  THE  TERM  "RECORDING",  AS  USED  IN  THIS CHAPTER, SHALL MEAN AN
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD, DISC, TAPE, AUDIO OR VIDEO CASSETTE, WIRE,
FILM, HARD DRIVE, FLASH DRIVE, MEMORY CARD OR OTHER DATA STORAGE  DEVICE
OR  ANY  OTHER  MEDIUM  ON WHICH SUCH SOUNDS, IMAGES, OR BOTH SOUNDS AND
IMAGES ARE OR CAN BE RECORDED OR OTHERWISE STORED, OR A COPY OR  REPROD-
UCTION THAT DUPLICATES IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE ORIGINAL.
§  3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 89 of the public offi-
cers law, as amended by section 11 of part U of chapter 61 of  the  laws
(c) Unless otherwise provided by this article, disclosure shall not be
construed  to  constitute  an  unwarranted  invasion of personal privacy
pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision:
i. when identifying details are deleted OR REDACTED;
ii. when the person to whom a record pertains consents in  writing  to
iii. when upon presenting reasonable proof of identity, a person seeks
access to records pertaining to him or her; or
iv.  when  a record or group of records relates to the right, title or
interest in real property, or relates to the inventory, status or  char-
acteristics  of  real  property,  in which case disclosure and providing
copies of such record or group of records shall not be deemed an  unwar-
ranted  invasion of personal privacy, provided that nothing herein shall
be construed to authorize the disclosure of electronic contact  informa-
tion,  such  as an e-mail address or a social network username, that has
been collected from a taxpayer under section one  hundred  four  of  the
real property tax law.
A1685A (ACTIVE) - Details
A1685A (ACTIVE) - Summary
A1685A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
1685--A
BLAKE,  EPSTEIN,  GOTTFRIED,  REYES  --  read once and referred to the
relation  to  excluding  video  camera recordings from cameras worn or
used by police from being included as personnel records; and to  amend
the  criminal  procedure  law,  in  relation to making certain records
available to independent review boards  investigating  allegations  of
police or law enforcement misconduct
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E.  ANYONE WHO REQUESTS A RECORDING OR METADATA, AS SPECIFIED IN PARA-
EN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, MAY ALSO REQUEST ANY OR  ALL  RECORDS  OF
OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW, NECESSARY ONLY TO IDENTIFY ANY OFFICER IN
§ 2. The opening paragraph of section 1-a of the civil rights  law  is
designated  subdivision  1  and  a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
2. THE TERM "RECORDING", AS  USED  IN  THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL  MEAN  AN
FILM,  HARD DRIVE, FLASH DRIVE, MEMORY CARD OR OTHER DATA STORAGE DEVICE
OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON WHICH SUCH SOUNDS, IMAGES,  OR  BOTH  SOUNDS  AND
IMAGES  ARE OR CAN BE RECORDED OR OTHERWISE STORED, OR A COPY OR REPROD-
§ 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 89 of the public  offi-
cers  law,  as amended by section 11 of part U of chapter 61 of the laws
construed to constitute an  unwarranted  invasion  of  personal  privacy
ii.  when  the person to whom a record pertains consents in writing to
iv. when a record or group of records relates to the right,  title  or
interest  in real property, or relates to the inventory, status or char-
acteristics of real property, in which  case  disclosure  and  providing
copies  of such record or group of records shall not be deemed an unwar-
ranted invasion of personal privacy, provided that nothing herein  shall
be  construed to authorize the disclosure of electronic contact informa-
tion, such as an e-mail address or a social network username,  that  has
been  collected  from  a  taxpayer under section one hundred four of the
§ 4. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 160.50 of the  criminal
procedure law, as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2015, is amended
(d)  such  records shall be made available to the person accused or to
such person's designated agent, and shall be made  available  to  (i)  a
prosecutor in any proceeding in which the accused has moved for an order
pursuant  to  section  170.56  or  210.46 of this chapter, or (ii) a law
enforcement agency upon ex parte motion in any superior court, or in any
district court, city court or the criminal court of the city of New York
provided that such court sealed the record, if such agency  demonstrates
to the satisfaction of the court that justice requires that such records
be  made  available to it, or (iii) any state or local officer or agency
with responsibility for the issuance of licenses to possess  guns,  when
the  accused  has  made  application for such a license, or (iv) the New
York state department of corrections and community supervision when  the
accused is on parole supervision as a result of conditional release or a
parole  release  granted  by the New York state board of parole, and the
arrest which is the subject of the inquiry is one which  occurred  while
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the  accused was under such supervision, or (v) any prospective employer
of a police officer or peace officer  as  those  terms  are  defined  in
subdivisions  thirty-three and thirty-four of section 1.20 of this chap-
ter, in relation to an application for employment as a police officer or
peace  officer; provided, however, that every person who is an applicant
for the position of police officer or peace officer shall  be  furnished
with a copy of all records obtained under this paragraph and afforded an
opportunity  to  make  an  explanation  thereto,  or  (vi) the probation
department responsible for supervision of the accused  when  the  arrest
which  is  the  subject  of  the inquiry is one which occurred while the
accused was under such supervision, OR (VII) AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD
INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT MISCONDUCT, WHERE
SUCH RECORDS PERTAIN TO THE ALLEGATIONS BEING INVESTIGATED; and
§ 5. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 160.55 of the  criminal
(d) the records referred to in paragraph (c) of this subdivision shall
be  made  available to the person accused or to such person's designated
agent, and shall be made available to (i) a prosecutor in any proceeding
in which the accused has moved for an order pursuant to  section  170.56
or  210.46  of  this  chapter,  or (ii) a law enforcement agency upon ex
parte motion in any superior court, or in any district court, city court
or the criminal court of the city of New York provided that  such  court
sealed  the  record,  if such agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of
the court that justice requires that such records be made  available  to
it,  or  (iii)  any state or local officer or agency with responsibility
for the issuance of licenses to possess guns, when the accused has  made
application for such a license, or (iv) the New York state department of
corrections  and  community supervision when the accused is under parole
supervision as a result of conditional release or parole release granted
by the New York state board of  parole  and  the  arrest  which  is  the
subject of the inquiry is one which occurred while the accused was under
such supervision, or (v) the probation department responsible for super-
vision  of  the  accused  when  the  arrest  which is the subject of the
inquiry is one which occurred while the accused was  under  such  super-
vision, or (vi) a police agency, probation department, sheriff's office,
district attorney's office, department of correction of any municipality
and  parole  department,  for  law  enforcement purposes, upon arrest in
instances in which the individual stands convicted of harassment in  the
second  degree, as defined in section 240.26 of the penal law, committed
against a member of the same family or household as  the  defendant,  as
defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of this chapter, and deter-
mined  pursuant  to subdivision eight-a of section 170.10 of this title,
OR (VII) AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE
OR LAW ENFORCEMENT MISCONDUCT, WHERE SUCH RECORDS PERTAIN TO THE ALLEGA-
TIONS BEING INVESTIGATED; and
§ 6. Subdivision 6 of section 160.58 of the criminal procedure law, as
added by section 3 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2009,  is
6. Records sealed pursuant to this subdivision shall be made available
(a) the defendant or the defendant's designated agent;
(b)  qualified  agencies,  as  defined  in subdivision nine of section
eight hundred thirty-five of the executive law, and  federal  and  state
law  enforcement  agencies,  when  acting  within the scope of their law
enforcement duties; or
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(c) any state or local officer or agency with responsibility  for  the
issuance  of licenses to possess guns, when the person has made applica-
tion for such a license; or
(d)  any  prospective employer of a police officer or peace officer as
those terms are defined in subdivisions thirty-three and thirty-four  of
section  1.20 of this chapter, in relation to an application for employ-
ment as a police officer or peace officer; provided, however, that every
person who is an applicant for the position of police officer  or  peace
officer  shall  be  furnished  with a copy of all records obtained under
this paragraph and afforded an opportunity to make an explanation there-
to[.]; OR
(E) AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE OR
LAW ENFORCEMENT MISCONDUCT, WHERE SUCH RECORDS PERTAIN  TO  THE  ALLEGA-
TIONS BEING INVESTIGATED.
§ 7. Subdivision 9 of section 160.59 of the criminal procedure law, as
added  by  section  48 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
9. Records sealed pursuant to this section shall be made available to:
(b) qualified agencies, as defined  in  subdivision  nine  of  section
eight  hundred  thirty-five  of the executive law, and federal and state
law enforcement agencies, when acting within  the  scope  of  their  law
(c)  any  state or local officer or agency with responsibility for the
issuance of licenses to possess guns, when the person has made  applica-
to; or
(e) the criminal justice information services division of the  federal
bureau  of  investigation,  for the purposes of responding to queries to
the national instant criminal background check system regarding attempts
to purchase or otherwise take possession of firearms, as defined  in  18
USC 921 (a) (3)[.]; OR
(F) AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE OR
LAW  ENFORCEMENT  MISCONDUCT,  WHERE SUCH RECORDS PERTAIN TO THE ALLEGA-