Text of NY S 1302 (2010)

Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie Assembly Members Legislative Info Public Hearings Speaker's Press Assembly Reports Committees & More Bill Search Home Laws Legislative Calendar Public Hearing Schedule Assembly Calendars Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: Summary Actions Floor Votes Memo Text S01302 Summary: BILL NOS01302 SAME ASNo same as SPONSORKRUGER COSPNSR MLTSPNSR Add S40-h, Civ Rts L 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. Go to top S01302 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1302 2009-2010 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 28, 2009 ___________ 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 § 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 § 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. LBD07313-01-9 Go to top Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps