Bill Text: NY S02089 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires police agencies to report offenses to the division of criminal justice services which appear to such agency to be motivated by the race, national origin, religion or sexual orientation of the victim or of the owner, resident, lessee or occupant where the offense is committed against property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02089-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2089
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations
       AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring reporting
         of unlawful acts which appear to be based on  race,  national  origin,
         religion or sexual orientation
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
    2  40-h to read as follows:
    3    S 40-H. REPORTS TO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. EVERY POLICE
    4  AGENCY,  AS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIR-
    5  TY-FIVE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
    6  JUSTICE  SERVICES IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY SUCH DIVISION, WHENEVER AN
    7  ACT WHICH CONSTITUTES AN OFFENSE IS COMMITTED AND WHICH APPEARS TO  SUCH
    8  AGENCY  TO HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED BY THE RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR
    9  SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF THE VICTIM OR IN THE CASE OF AN OFFENSE  COMMITTED
   10  AGAINST  PROPERTY,  THE RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR SEXUAL ORIEN-
   11  TATION OF THE OWNER, RESIDENT, LESSEE OR OCCUPANT THEREOF.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   13  have  become  a  law,  provided however, that effective immediately, the
   14  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
   15  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
   16  and directed to be made and completed on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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