Bill Text: NY A10132 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to allowing disclosures in furtherance of the enforcement of state law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - referred to transportation [A10132 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10132-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10132 IN ASSEMBLY March 12, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing disclosures in furtherance of the enforcement of state law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 12 of section 201 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as added by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Except as required for the commissioner to issue or renew a driv- 5 er's license or learner's permit that meets federal standards for iden- 6 tification, the commissioner, and any agent or employee of the commis- 7 sioner, shall not disclose or make accessible in any manner records or 8 information that he or she maintains, to any agency that primarily 9 enforces immigration law or to any employee or agent of such agency, 10 unless: (i) the commissioner is presented with a lawful court order or 11 judicial warrant signed by a judge appointed pursuant to article III of 12 the United States constitution; or (ii) the employee or agent of such 13 agency is solely enforcing state law or federal criminal law and not 14 immigration law. Upon receiving a request for such records or informa- 15 tion from an agency that primarily enforces immigration law, the commis- 16 sioner shall, no later than three days after such request, notify the 17 individual about whom such information was requested, informing such 18 individual of the request and the identity of the agency that made such 19 request unless such notification would interfere with a federal criminal 20 investigation. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14883-03-0