Bill Text: NY S04421 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4421 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that a municipality may disclose any portion of a call made to its E911 system in any emergency situation to protect public safety or upon the consent of persons who made such calls.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S04421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04421-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4421
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the availability of calls
         made to a municipality's E911 system
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 308 of the county law, as amended
    2  by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
    3    4.  Records, in whatever form they may be kept, of  calls  made  to  a
    4  municipality's  E911  system  [shall]  NEED  not be made available to or
    5  obtained by any entity or person, other than that municipality's  public
    6  safety agency, another government agency or body, or a private entity or
    7  a  person  providing medical, ambulance or other emergency services, and
    8  shall not  be  utilized  for  any  commercial  purpose  other  than  the
    9  provision  of emergency services; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A MUNICIPALITY
   10  MAY DISCLOSE ANY PORTION OF SUCH RECORDS IN ANY EMERGENCY  SITUATION  TO
   11  PROTECT  PUBLIC  SAFETY  OR  UPON  THE  CONSENT OF PERSONS WHO MADE SUCH
   12  CALLS.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10565-01-1