Bill Text: NY A02929 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the county law, in relation to the availability of calls made to a municipality's E911 system
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to local governments [A02929 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A02929-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2929
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 21, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KOON, DelMONTE, FIELDS, JOHN, GALEF -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAGEE, McENENY, SWEENEY -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Local Governments
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.
LBD02282-01-9
