New York Senate Bill S06600 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6600 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 28, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the storage of evidence by law enforcement agencies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-x 2 to read as follows: 3 § 837-x. Law enforcement agencies; storage of evidence. 1. For 4 purposes of this section, "law enforcement agency" means a police agency 5 or department of the state or any political subdivision thereof, includ- 6 ing authorities or agencies maintaining police forces of individuals 7 defined as police officers in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure 8 law, or a sheriff's department. 9 2. Every law enforcement agency shall be required to keep all physical 10 or other evidence it maintains within a fireproof container or within a 11 fireproof storage area. Such container or storage area shall be located 12 within a state-of-the-art facility utilizing modern and advanced tech- 13 nology. 14 3. Prior to the storage of evidence within a fireproof container or 15 storage area as required pursuant to subdivision two of this section, 16 every law enforcement agency shall be required to photograph and docu- 17 ment such evidence and to store such photographs and documentation in a 18 separate location which is different from the location in which the 19 evidence is being stored in a fireproof container or storage area. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09874-01-3