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S4421Senate2011-2012 Session

Provides that a municipality may disclose any portion of a call made to its E911 system under certain conditions

Sponsor John J. FlanaganSD-2Affects Local Government
Status
In Senate Committee
Local Government
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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John J. Flanagan

Senator · Senate District 2

Chair, Education

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  1. Referred to local government
  2. Referred to local government

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Sponsor's memo

BILL NUMBER:S4421

Title of bill

An act to amend the county law, in relation to the availability of calls made to a municipality's E911 system

Summary of provisions

Section one of the bill amends subdivision four of 308 of the County Law to authorize the release of E911 records under certain circumstances.

Section 2 is the enacting provision.

Justification

E911 is the term used to describe an "enhanced" 911 emergency system. Using that system, the recipient of the emergency call has the ability to know the phone number used to make the call and the location from which the call was made.

Under current law, E911 records simply cannot be disclosed by county law enforcement because 308 of the County Law states that such records "not be made available." Many instances have arisen in which those agencies have wanted to disclose the contents of E911 tape recordings, either in the form of the recordings themselves or transcripts thereof, but they have been frustrated due to the prohibition imposed by the County Law.

The bill amends subdivision (4) of 308 of the County Law to give law enforcement agencies the flexibility to disclose those records when it is in the public interest to do so while clearly enabling those agencies to protect personal privacy and safety.

Prior legislative history

2005-2006: S.4902 Senate Local Government Cmte./A.8154 Assembly Local 2007-2008: S.832 Senate Local Government Cmte./A.3453 Assembly Local Governments Cmte. 2009-2010: S.1679 Senate Local Government Cmte.

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

Immediately.

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