Relates to the confidentiality of registration records for victims of domestic violence; may be obtained by an order from supreme court, county court or family court in the county where a victim of domestic violence is registered.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6011
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 10, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 the confidentiality of
registration records for victims of domestic violence
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5-508 of the election law, as
2 added by chapter 73 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 2. Upon application made to the supreme court, county court, or family
4 court, in the county wherein a victim of domestic violence is registered
5 pursuant to this article, the court [may] shall issue an order requiring
6 that any registration record kept or maintained in accordance with this
7 article and any other records with respect to such an individual be kept
8 separate and apart from other [registration] such records and not be
9 made available for inspection or copying by the public or any other
10 person, except election officials acting within the course and scope of
11 their official duties and only as pertinent and necessary in connection
12 therewith.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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