Bill Text: NY A06779 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the offense of official misconduct by release of a sealed record and makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A06779 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06779-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 4673                                                  A. 6779
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                     March 20, 2019
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        IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Codes
        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
          of official misconduct by release of a sealed record
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 195.01 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 195.01 Official misconduct by release of a sealed record.
     4    A person is guilty of official  misconduct  by  release  of  a  sealed
     5  record  when, being a person defined in or employed by an agency defined
     6  in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of paragraph (d)  of
     7  subdivision one of section 160.50, 160.55, 160.58 or 160.59 of the crim-
     8  inal  procedure  law,  he  or  she intentionally releases, disseminates,
     9  publishes or otherwise shares a record that has been sealed pursuant  to
    10  section  160.50, 160.55, 160.58 or 160.59 of the criminal procedure law,
    11  except as provided for in such sections.
    12    Official misconduct by release of a sealed record is a class A  misde-
    13  meanor.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10573-01-9
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