STATE OF NEW YORK
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2840
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 public officers law, in relation to exempting
certain statements relating to sexual abuse or misconduct from disclo-
sure
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public
2 officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (e) are compiled for law enforcement purposes and which, if disclosed,
5 would:
6 i. interfere with law enforcement investigations or judicial
7 proceedings;
8 ii. deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial adjudi-
9 cation;
10 iii. identify a confidential source or disclose confidential informa-
11 tion relating to a criminal investigation; [or]
12 iv. reveal criminal investigative techniques or procedures, except
13 routine techniques and procedures; or
14 v. reveal any statement made by a witness or victim relating to sexual
15 abuse or misconduct;
16 § 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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