S07041 Summary:

BILL NOS07041A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10314
 
SPONSORLANZA
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd R4518, CPLR
 
Provides for the admissibility of recordings and logs of inmate calls made by the department of correction of the city of New York, as business records.
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S07041 Actions:

BILL NOS07041A
 
04/25/2012REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
05/17/2012AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
05/17/2012PRINT NUMBER 7041A
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S07041 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07041 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7041--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 25, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the
          admissibility as business records of recordings and logs made  by  the

          department  of  correction of the city of New York of inmate telephone
          calls
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Rule 4518 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h)  A  recording  made by the department of correction of the city of
     4  New York of an inmate's telephone call, or a log made by such department
     5  containing identifying information about such a call, such as  the  time
     6  of  the  call,  telephone numbers of origin and destination of the call,
     7  inmate identification number used to place the  call  and  name  of  the
     8  inmate  associated  with  such  identification  number, is admissible in

     9  evidence under this rule without further need for foundation  testimony,
    10  provided  that the recording or log is accompanied by a certification or
    11  authentication by a custodian of the recording or log or another  quali-
    12  fied  person  from  such department designated for that purpose that the
    13  recording or log was made in the regular  course  of  such  department's
    14  business,  and  that  it was the regular course of such business to make
    15  the recording at the time of the inmate's telephone call or to make  the
    16  log  at  the  time of the inmate's telephone call or within a reasonable
    17  time thereafter. Prior to the trial or hearing,  the  party  seeking  to
    18  introduce  the  recording  or log into evidence shall provide an adverse

    19  party with reasonable written notice of the intent to offer the  record-
    20  ing  or log and shall make the recording or log and the certification or
    21  authentication available for inspection.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15499-02-2
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