Bill Text: NY S02155 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes no public entity, nor any officer or employee thereof, shall require a person's social security number to appear on certain public records.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02155-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2155
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 12, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  MAZIARZ,  DeFRANCISCO,  DIAZ,  O. JOHNSON, LANZA,
         LIBOUS, MORAHAN, RANZENHOFER, SALAND, SKELOS, VOLKER,  YOUNG  --  read
         twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing social
         security numbers shall not appear on certain public records
         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  50-f to read as follows:
    3    S 50-F. PRIVACY OF PUBLIC RECORDS. 1. A. NO  PUBLIC  ENTITY,  NOR  ANY
    4  OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE  THEREOF, SHALL REQUIRE A PERSON'S SOCIAL SECURITY
    5  NUMBER TO APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC RECORDS:
    6    (I) MORTGAGES;
    7    (II) JUDGMENTS;
    8    (III) UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE FILINGS;
    9    (IV) DEATH CERTIFICATES;
   10    (V) VETERAN'S DISCHARGES; OR
   11    (VI) STATE TAX WARRANTS.
   12    B. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  PROHIBIT  A  PUBLIC
   13  ENTITY,  IN ITS DISCRETION, FROM ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ANY OTHER
   14  PUBLIC ENTITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF A PERSON'S SOCIAL  SECURITY  NUMBER
   15  WHEN NECESSARY TO FURTHER THE PUBLIC ENTITY'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS.
   16    2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW, A PUBLIC ENTITY IN
   17  RECEIPT OF A REQUEST FOR A RECORD WHICH CONTAINS A PERSON'S SOCIAL SECU-
   18  RITY NUMBER SHALL REJECT SUCH A REQUEST IF SUCH ENTITY  DETERMINES  THAT
   19  THE RECORD SOUGHT WOULD, IF DISCLOSED, BE USED FOR ANY COMMERCIAL, ILLE-
   20  GAL OR ANY OTHER UNRELATED PURPOSE.
   21    3.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS ANY STATE OR
   22  LOCAL DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, BUREAU,  DIVISION,  COMMISSION,  PUBLIC
   23  AUTHORITY,  PUBLIC  BENEFIT  CORPORATION,  OFFICE,  OR  ANY OTHER ENTITY
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04623-01-9
       S. 2155                             2
    1  PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE  OR  ANY
    2  OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    4  it  shall  have  become  a  law.  Any rules and regulations necessary to
    5  implement the provisions of this act on its effective date  are  author-
    6  ized and directed to be promulgated on or before such effective date.