Bill Text: NY S01685 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing registration records of victims of sexual violence to be kept confidential in certain cases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-16 - referred to election law [S01685 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01685-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1685
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. ZELDIN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  authorizing  registra-
         tion  records of victims of sexual violence to be kept confidential in
         certain cases
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Subdivision  1  of section 5-508 of the election law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
    3    (C) "VICTIM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO IS  A  VICTIM  OF
    4  ANY OFFENSE UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW.
    5    S  2.  Section  5-508  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
    6  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    7    3. UPON APPLICATION MADE TO THE SUPREME COURT, IN THE COUNTY WHEREIN A
    8  VICTIM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE
    9  COURT  MAY ISSUE AN ORDER REQUIRING THAT ANY REGISTRATION RECORD KEPT OR
   10  MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH AN INDI-
   11  VIDUAL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART FROM OTHER  REGISTRATION  RECORDS  AND
   12  NOT  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  FOR INSPECTION OR COPYING BY THE PUBLIC OR ANY
   13  OTHER PERSON, EXCEPT ELECTION OFFICIALS ACTING  WITHIN  THE  COURSE  AND
   14  SCOPE  OF  THEIR  OFFICIAL DUTIES AND ONLY AS PERTINENT AND NECESSARY IN
   15  CONNECTION THEREWITH.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   17  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   19  tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
   20  before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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