What's happening
This bill prohibits automatic license plate reader system owners from requiring police to meet minimum violation or arrest thresholds in agreements.
Why it matters
Prevents police from being pressured to issue a minimum number of tickets or make a certain number of arrests. just to keep access to automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology, reducing the risk of policing-for-profit or quota-driven enforcement.
Limits the influence of private technology vendors. over law enforcement priorities, making sure public safety agencies can use ALPR systems based on community needs and professional judgment—not business agreements.
Addresses concerns about fairness and civil liberties. , since requiring enforcement quotas tied to surveillance technology could incentivize unnecessary stops or citations, disproportionately affecting certain communities.
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Who cares
Police agencies
The bill would bar license plate reader owners and operators from requiring agencies to meet minimum violation or arrest thresholds under lease or use agreements.
Automatic license plate reader owners and operators
They would be prohibited from making police access to their systems contingent on minimum numbers of violations or arrests.
Motorists
The bill would prohibit contractual violation or arrest quotas tied to police use of systems that convert license plate images into computer-readable data.
Headline styles
Ban Ticket Quotas for Cameras
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Sponsors
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History
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1947
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 18, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to agreements regarding automatic license plate reader systems
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 397-b to read as follows:
§ 397-b. Agreements regarding automatic license plate reader systems. No owner or operator of an automatic license plate reader system shall require a police agency, as defined in subdivision eight of section eight hundred thirty-five of the executive law, to meet a minimum threshold of violations or arrests as part of a lease agreement or as part of an agreement to allow the police agency to utilize such automatic license plate reader system. For purposes of this section, "automatic license plate reader system" shall mean a system of one or more mobile or fixed high speed cameras used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01631-01-9
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