STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9055
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 18, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
        AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, the penal law and the execu-
          tive law in relation to denial of applications to purchase or transfer
          firearms; to amend the executive law in relation  to  notification  of
          victims  of  certain  crimes;  and to amend the public officers law in
          relation to exemptions from public inspection and  copying  under  the
          freedom of information law
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 896 of the general business law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) (i) A firearm dealer licensed under federal law  shall  report  to
     4  the  division  of  state  police information on each instance where such
     5  dealer denies an application for the purchase or transfer of  a  firearm
     6  as  the  result of a background check or completed and submitted firearm
     7  purchase or transfer application that indicates the applicant is  ineli-
     8  gible to possess a firearm under state or federal law. Such dealer shall
     9  report  the  denied  application  information  to  the division of state
    10  police within five days of the denial in a format as prescribed  by  the
    11  superintendent  of  state police. Such reported information must include
    12  the identifying information of the applicant, the date of  the  applica-
    13  tion  and denial of such application, and other information or documents
    14  as prescribed by the superintendent of state police. In any  case  where
    15  the purchase or transfer of a firearm is initially denied by such dealer
    16  as  the  result  of  a  background check that indicates the applicant is
    17  ineligible to possess a firearm, but the purchase or transfer is  subse-
    18  quently  approved,  such  dealer shall report the subsequent approval to
    19  the division of state police within one day of the approval.
    20    (ii) Upon denying an application for the purchase  or  transfer  of  a
    21  firearm  as  a  result  of a background check or completed and submitted
    22  firearm purchase or transfer application that indicates the applicant is
    23  ineligible to possess a firearm under state or federal law,  the  dealer
    24  shall:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (A)  Provide such applicant with a copy of a notice form generated and
     2  distributed by the superintendent of state police under subdivision four
     3  of section 400.02 of the penal law, informing denied applicants of their
     4  right to appeal the denial; and
     5    (B)  Retain the original records of the attempted purchase or transfer
     6  of a firearm for a period not less than six years.
     7    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 898 of  the  general  business  law,  as
     8  added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     9    2. (a) Before any sale, exchange or disposal pursuant to this article,
    10  a  national  instant  criminal  background  check must be completed by a
    11  dealer who consents to conduct such check, and upon completion  of  such
    12  background  check, shall complete a document, the form of which shall be
    13  approved by the superintendent of  state  police,  that  identifies  and
    14  confirms that such check was performed.
    15    (b)  (i)  Such  dealer  shall  report  to the division of state police
    16  information on each instance where such dealer denies an application for
    17  the purchase or transfer of a firearm as  the  result  of  a  background
    18  check  or  completed and submitted firearm purchase or transfer applica-
    19  tion that indicates the applicant is ineligible  to  possess  a  firearm
    20  under state or federal law. Such dealer shall report the denied applica-
    21  tion information to the division of state police within five days of the
    22  denial  in a format as prescribed by the superintendent of state police.
    23  Such reported information must include the  identifying  information  of
    24  the  applicant,  the date of the application and denial of such applica-
    25  tion, and other information or documents as  prescribed  by  the  super-
    26  intendent of state police. In any case where the purchase or transfer of
    27  a  firearm  is  initially denied by such dealer as the result of a back-
    28  ground check that indicates the applicant is  ineligible  to  possess  a
    29  firearm,  but  the  purchase  or transfer is subsequently approved, such
    30  dealer shall report the subsequent approval to  the  division  of  state
    31  police within one day of the approval.
    32    (ii)  Upon  denying  an  application for the purchase or transfer of a
    33  firearm as a result of a background check  or  completed  and  submitted
    34  firearm purchase or transfer application that indicates the applicant is
    35  ineligible  to  possess a firearm under state or federal law, the dealer
    36  shall:
    37    (A) Provide such applicant with a copy of a notice form generated  and
    38  distributed  by  the  superintendent of state police subdivision four of
    39  section 400.02 of the penal law, informing denied  applicants  of  their
    40  right to appeal the denial; and
    41    (B)  Retain the original records of the attempted purchase or transfer
    42  of a firearm for a period not less than six years.
    43    § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.04  to  read
    44  as follows:
    45  § 400.04 Dealer reporting of denied applications.
    46    1.  A  firearm  dealer  licensed under federal law shall report to the
    47  division of state police information on each instance where such  dealer
    48  denies  an  application for the purchase or transfer of a firearm as the
    49  result of a background check or completed and submitted firearm purchase
    50  or transfer application that indicates the applicant  is  ineligible  to
    51  possess  a  firearm under state or federal law. Such dealer shall report
    52  the denied application information to the division of state police with-
    53  in five days of the denial in a format as prescribed by the  superinten-
    54  dent of state police. Such reported information must include the identi-
    55  fying  information  of  the  applicant,  the date of the application and
    56  denial of such  application,  and  other  information  or  documents  as

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     1  prescribed  by the superintendent of state police. In any case where the
     2  purchase or transfer of a firearm is initially denied by such dealer  as
     3  the  result of a background check that indicates the applicant is ineli-
     4  gible to possess a firearm, but the purchase or transfer is subsequently
     5  approved,  such dealer shall report the subsequent approval to the divi-
     6  sion of state police within one day of the approval.
     7    2. Upon denying an application for  the  purchase  or  transfer  of  a
     8  firearm  as  a  result  of a background check or completed and submitted
     9  firearm purchase or transfer application that indicates the applicant is
    10  ineligible to possess a firearm under state or federal law,  the  dealer
    11  shall:
    12    (a)  Provide such applicant with a copy of a notice form generated and
    13  distributed by the superintendent of state police  subdivision  four  of
    14  section  400.02  of  the penal law, informing denied applicants of their
    15  right to appeal the denial; and
    16    (b) Retain the original records of the attempted purchase or  transfer
    17  of a firearm for a period not less than six years.
    18    §  4.  Section  400.02  of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of the
    19  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    20  § 400.02 Statewide license and record database.
    21    1. There shall be a statewide license and record database which  shall
    22  be  created  and  maintained by the division of state police the cost of
    23  which shall not be borne  by  any  municipality.  Records  assembled  or
    24  collected  for  purposes  of  inclusion  in  such  database shall not be
    25  subject to disclosure pursuant to article six  of  the  public  officers
    26  law.  Records containing granted or denied license applications shall be
    27  periodically checked  by  the  division  of  criminal  justice  services
    28  against criminal conviction, mental health, and all other records as are
    29  necessary  to  determine  their continued accuracy as well as whether an
    30  individual is no longer a valid license holder. The division of criminal
    31  justice services shall also check pending applications made pursuant  to
    32  this  article against such records to determine whether a license may be
    33  granted. All state agencies shall cooperate with the division of  crimi-
    34  nal  justice  services,  as otherwise authorized by law, in making their
    35  records available for such checks.  The  division  of  criminal  justice
    36  services, upon determining that an individual is ineligible to possess a
    37  license, or is no longer a valid license holder, shall notify the appli-
    38  cable  licensing official of such determination and such licensing offi-
    39  cial shall not issue a license or revoke such license  and  any  weapons
    40  owned  or  possessed by such individual shall be removed consistent with
    41  the provisions of subdivision eleven of section 400.00 of this  article.
    42  Local  and  state law enforcement shall have access to such database, as
    43  otherwise authorized by law, in the performance of their duties. Records
    44  assembled or collected for purposes of inclusion in the database  estab-
    45  lished by this section shall be released pursuant to a court order.
    46    2. (a) The division of state police shall create and maintain an elec-
    47  tronic  portal for firearm dealers licensed under federal law, to report
    48  the information as required pursuant to subdivision one of section eight
    49  hundred ninety-six of the  general  business  law,  subdivision  two  of
    50  section  eight hundred ninety-eight of such law or section 400.04 of the
    51  penal law, pertaining to persons who have applied for  the  purchase  or
    52  transfer  of  a  firearm  and  were denied as the result of a background
    53  check or completed and submitted firearm purchase or  transfer  applica-
    54  tion  that  indicates  the  applicant is ineligible to possess a firearm
    55  under state or federal law.

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     1    (b) Upon receipt of information from such dealer pursuant to  subdivi-
     2  sion  one  of  section  eight hundred ninety-six of the general business
     3  law, subdivision two of section eight hundred ninety-eight of  such  law
     4  or  section  400.04 of the penal law that a person originally denied the
     5  purchase  or  transfer  of a firearm as the result of a background check
     6  that indicates the applicant is ineligible  to  possess  a  firearm  has
     7  subsequently been approved for the purchase or transfer, the division of
     8  state  police  must  purge  any  record  of  such person's denial in its
     9  possession and inform the superintendent of state police and  any  local
    10  law  enforcement agency participating in the grant program under section
    11  two hundred thirty-five of the executive law of the subsequent  approval
    12  of the purchase or transfer.
    13    (c)  Information  and records prepared, owned, used or retained by the
    14  division of state police pursuant to this act  are  exempt  from  public
    15  inspection and copying article six of the public officers law.
    16    (d) The division of state police must destroy the information and data
    17  reported  by  a  dealer  pursuant  to  subdivision  one of section eight
    18  hundred ninety-six of the  general  business  law,  subdivision  two  of
    19  section  eight hundred ninety-eight of such law or section 400.04 of the
    20  penal law upon its satisfaction that the  information  and  data  is  no
    21  longer necessary to carry out its duties pursuant to this section.
    22    3.  (a)  Upon  receipt  of  documentation that a person has appealed a
    23  background check denial, the division of state police shall  immediately
    24  remove the record of such person initially reported pursuant to subdivi-
    25  sion  two  of this section from such database accessible to law enforce-
    26  ment agencies and officers. The division of state  police  must  keep  a
    27  separate record of such person's information for a period of one year or
    28  until  such  time as such appeal has been resolved. Every twelve months,
    29  the division of state police shall notify such person that  such  person
    30  must  provide  documentation  that his or her appeal is still pending or
    31  the record of such person's background check denial will be put back  in
    32  such  database  accessible  to law enforcement agencies and officers. At
    33  any time, upon receipt of documentation that such  person's  appeal  has
    34  been  granted,  the  division of state police shall remove any record of
    35  such person's denied firearms purchase or transfer application from such
    36  database accessible to law enforcement agencies and officers.
    37    (b) Upon receipt of satisfactory proof that a person who was  reported
    38  to  the  division  of  state  police pursuant to subdivision two of this
    39  section is no longer ineligible to possess  a  firearm  under  state  or
    40  federal law, the division of state police must remove any record of such
    41  person's  denied  firearms  purchase  or  transfer application from such
    42  database accessible to law enforcement agencies and officers.
    43    4. (a) The superintendent of state police shall generate and  distrib-
    44  ute  a  notice  form  to  all dealers, to be provided by such dealers to
    45  applicants denied the purchase or transfer of a firearm as a result of a
    46  background check that indicates the applicant is ineligible to possess a
    47  firearm. Such notice form must contain the following statements:
    48    State law requires that I transmit the following  information  to  New
    49  York  State  Police  as  a  result  of your firearm purchase or transfer
    50  denial within two days of the denial:
    51    (i) Identifying information of the applicant;
    52    (ii) The date of the application and denial of the application; and
    53    (iii) Other information as prescribed by the New York State Police.
    54    If you believe this denial is in error, and you do not  exercise  your
    55  right to appeal, you may be subject to criminal investigation by the New
    56  York State Police and/or a local law enforcement agency.

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     1    (b)  Such  notice  form  shall also contain information directing such
     2  applicant to a web site describing the process of appealing  a  national
     3  instant  criminal  background  check  system  denial through the federal
     4  bureau of investigation and refer the applicant to local law enforcement
     5  for  information  on  a  denial  based on a state background check. Such
     6  notice form shall also contain a phone number for a contact at the divi-
     7  sion of state police to direct such applicant to resources regarding  an
     8  individual's right to appeal a background check denial.
     9    §  5. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 233 to read
    10  as follows:
    11    § 233. Reporting of denied firearm sales and transfers.  The  division
    12  of  state  police shall prepare an annual report on the number of denied
    13  firearms sales or transfers reported pursuant to section 400.02  of  the
    14  penal  law.  The  report  shall  indicate the number of cases in which a
    15  person was denied a firearms sale or transfer, the number of cases where
    16  the denied sale or transfer  was  investigated  for  potential  criminal
    17  prosecution  and  the number of cases where an arrest was made, the case
    18  was referred for prosecution and a conviction was obtained. The division
    19  of state police shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of
    20  the legislature on or before December thirty-first of each year.
    21    § 6. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 234 to  read
    22  as follows:
    23    §  234.  Statewide automated protected person notification system.  1.
    24  The superintendent of state police shall coordinate with the  office  of
    25  information  technology services to create and operate a statewide auto-
    26  mated protected person notification  system  as  part  of  the  ALERT-NY
    27  system  to  automatically  notify a registered person via the registered
    28  person's choice of telephone or email when a  respondent  subject  to  a
    29  court  order  specified in subdivision two of this section has attempted
    30  to purchase or acquire a firearm and been denied based on  a  background
    31  check  or  completed and submitted firearm purchase or transfer applica-
    32  tion that indicates the respondent is ineligible to  possess  a  firearm
    33  under state or federal law. The system shall permit a person to register
    34  for  notification,  or a registered person to update the person's regis-
    35  tration  information,  for  the  statewide  automated  protected  person
    36  notification  system  by  calling  a  toll-free  telephone  number or by
    37  accessing a public web site.
    38    2. The notification requirements of this section apply to  any  tempo-
    39  rary order of protection or order of protection issued under subdivision
    40  one  of  section 530.12 of the criminal procedure law or subdivision one
    41  of section 530.13 of such law, subdivision three of section two  hundred
    42  forty  of the domestic relations law or section two hundred fifty-two of
    43  such  law  or  sections   one   hundred   fifty-three-c,   one   hundred
    44  fifty-four-d, 304.2, 352.3, four hundred thirty, four hundred forty-six,
    45  five  hundred fifty, five hundred fifty-one, six hundred fifty-five, six
    46  hundred fifty-six, seven hundred forty, seven hundred fifty-nine,  eight
    47  hundred forty-two, one thousand twenty-nine or one thousand fifty-six of
    48  the  family  court act and any foreign protection order filed with a New
    49  York court pursuant to subdivision five of section 530.11 of the  crimi-
    50  nal  procedure  law  or  section  one hundred fifty-four-e of the family
    51  court act, where such order prohibits  the  respondent  from  possessing
    52  firearms  or  where  by operation of law the respondent is ineligible to
    53  possess firearms  during  the  term  of  such  order.  The  notification
    54  requirements  of this section apply even if the respondent of such court
    55  order has notified the division of state  police  that  he  or  she  has

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     1  appealed  a  background  check denial under subdivision three of section
     2  400.02 of the penal law.
     3    3.  An appointed or elected official, public employee, or public agen-
     4  cy, or combination of units of government and its employees, are  immune
     5  from  civil  liability for damages for any release of information or the
     6  failure to  release  information  related  to  the  statewide  automated
     7  protected  person  notification  system  in this section, so long as the
     8  release or failure to release was without gross negligence. The immunity
     9  provided under this subsection applies to the release  of  relevant  and
    10  necessary  information  to  other public officials, public employees, or
    11  public agencies, and to the general public.
    12    4. Information and records prepared, owned, used, or retained  by  the
    13  division of state police or office of information technology pursuant to
    14  this  section,  including  information  a person submits to register and
    15  participate in the statewide  automated  protected  person  notification
    16  system,  are exempt from public inspection and copying under article six
    17  of the public officers law.
    18    § 7. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 235 to  read
    19  as follows:
    20    §  235. Illegal purchase or transfer of a firearm investigation grant.
    21  1. The superintendent of state police shall establish  a  grant  program
    22  for  local  law  enforcement agencies to conduct criminal investigations
    23  regarding persons who illegally attempted  to  purchase  or  transfer  a
    24  firearm within their jurisdiction.
    25    2.  Each  grant  applicant  must  be required to submit reports to the
    26  division of state police that indicate the number of cases  in  which  a
    27  person was denied a firearms sale or transfer, the number of cases where
    28  the  denied  sale  or  transfer  was investigated for potential criminal
    29  prosecution, and the number of cases where an arrest was made, the  case
    30  was referred for prosecution, and a conviction was obtained.
    31    3.  Information  and records prepared, owned, used, or retained by the
    32  division of state police or local law enforcement agencies  pursuant  to
    33  this section are exempt from public inspection and copying under article
    34  six of the public officers law.
    35    §  8.  The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 89-a
    36  to read as follows:
    37    § 89-a. Additional restrictions on access to law enforcement  records.
    38  The  following investigative, law enforcement, and crime victim informa-
    39  tion is exempt from public inspection and copying under this chapter:
    40    1. Information revealing the  identity  of  child  victims  of  sexual
    41  assault  who  are under age eighteen. Identifying information means such
    42  child victim's name, address, location,  photograph,  and  in  cases  in
    43  which such child victim is a relative or stepchild of the alleged perpe-
    44  trator,  identification  of the relationship between such child and such
    45  alleged perpetrator;
    46    2. Information submitted to the division of criminal justice  services
    47  by a person for the purpose of receiving notifications from the ALERT-NY
    48  system  regarding  registered  sex  offender relocations, including such
    49  person's name, residential address, and email address;
    50    3. Personally identifying information  collected  by  law  enforcement
    51  agencies  pursuant  to local security alarm system programs and vacation
    52  crime watch programs. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted so
    53  as to prohibit the legal owner of a residence or business from accessing
    54  information regarding his or her residence or business;
    55    4. The global positioning system data that would indicate the location
    56  of the residence of an employee or worker at a  court  or  a  government

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     1  agency which performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to
     2  a  statute  or executive order and which allocates a substantial part of
     3  its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice;
     4    5.  Body  worn camera recordings to the extent nondisclosure is essen-
     5  tial for the protection of any person's right to privacy, including, but
     6  not limited to, the circumstances enumerated in paragraph  (a)  of  this
     7  subdivision.  A law enforcement or corrections agency shall not disclose
     8  a body worn camera recording to the extent the recording is exempt under
     9  this subsection.
    10    (a) Disclosure of a body worn  camera  recording  is  presumed  to  be
    11  protected from disclosure under this article to the extent it depicts:
    12    (i)(A)  Any  areas  of  a medical facility, counseling, or therapeutic
    13  program office where:
    14    (1) A patient is registered to receive treatment, receiving treatment,
    15  waiting for treatment, or being transported in the course of  treatment;
    16  or
    17    (2)  Health  care information is shared with patients, their families,
    18  or among the care team; or
    19    (B) Information that meets the definition of protected health informa-
    20  tion for purposes of the health insurance portability and accountability
    21  act of 1996;
    22    (ii) The interior of a place of residence where a person has a reason-
    23  able expectation of privacy;
    24    (iii) An intimate image taken in a private setting, not  a  matter  of
    25  public  concern,  and depicting sexual conduct as defined in subdivision
    26  ten of section 130.00 of the penal law,  or  a  person's  intimate  body
    27  parts, whether nude or visible through less than opaque clothing;
    28    (iv) A minor;
    29    (v) The body of a deceased person;
    30    (vi)  The identity of or communications from a victim or witness of an
    31  incident involving domestic violence, sexual assault  or  disclosure  of
    32  intimate images. If at the time of recording the victim or witness indi-
    33  cates  a desire for disclosure or nondisclosure of the recorded identity
    34  or communications, such desire shall govern; or
    35    (vii) The  identifiable  location  information  of  a  community-based
    36  domestic violence program, or emergency shelter.
    37    (b)  The presumptions set out in paragraph (a) of this subdivision may
    38  be rebutted by specific evidence in individual cases.
    39    (c) In a court action seeking the right to inspect or copy a body worn
    40  camera recording, a person who prevails against  a  law  enforcement  or
    41  corrections  agency  that  withholds  or discloses all or part of a body
    42  worn camera recording pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision  may
    43  not  be awarded fees, costs, or awards based upon such actions unless it
    44  is shown that the law enforcement or corrections  agency  acted  in  bad
    45  faith or with gross negligence.
    46    (d) A request for body worn camera recordings must:
    47    (i)  Specifically  identify  a name of a person or persons involved in
    48  the incident;
    49    (ii) Provide the incident or case number;
    50    (iii) Provide the date, time, and location of the  incident  or  inci-
    51  dents; or
    52    (iv) Identify a law enforcement or corrections officer involved in the
    53  incident or incidents.
    54    (e)(i)  A  person  directly  involved  in  an incident recorded by the
    55  requested body worn camera recording, an attorney representing a  person
    56  directly  involved  in  an  incident recorded by the requested body worn

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     1  camera recording, a person or his or her attorney who  requests  a  body
     2  worn camera recording relevant to a criminal case involving that person,
     3  has  the  right to obtain the body worn camera recording, subject to any
     4  exemption  under  this  chapter  or  any applicable law. In addition, an
     5  attorney who represents a person regarding a potential or existing civil
     6  cause of action involving the denial of civil rights under  the  federal
     7  or  state  Constitution, or a violation of a United States department of
     8  justice settlement agreement, has the right  to  obtain  the  body  worn
     9  camera  recording  if  relevant  to  the cause of action, subject to any
    10  exemption under this chapter or any applicable law.  The  attorney  must
    11  explain the relevancy of the requested body worn camera recording to the
    12  cause of action and specify that he or she is seeking relief from redac-
    13  tion costs under this paragraph.
    14    (ii)  A  law  enforcement or corrections agency responding to requests
    15  under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may not require the  requesting
    16  individual to pay costs of any redacting, altering, distorting, pixelat-
    17  ing,  suppressing,  or  otherwise  obscuring  any portion of a body worn
    18  camera recording.
    19    (iii) A law enforcement or corrections agency may require  any  person
    20  requesting  a body worn camera recording pursuant to subparagraph (i) of
    21  this paragraph to identify himself or herself to ensure he or she  is  a
    22  person  entitled to obtain the body worn camera recording under subpara-
    23  graph (i) of this paragraph.
    24    (f)(i) A law enforcement or corrections agency responding to a request
    25  to disclose body worn camera recordings may require  any  requester  not
    26  listed  in paragraph (e) of this subdivision to pay the reasonable costs
    27  of redacting, altering, distorting, pixelating, suppressing,  or  other-
    28  wise  obscuring  any  portion of the body worn camera recording prior to
    29  disclosure only to the extent necessary to comply with the exemptions in
    30  this chapter or any applicable law.
    31    (ii) An agency that charges redaction costs under this paragraph  must
    32  use  redaction  technology  that  provides the least costly commercially
    33  available method of redacting body worn camera recordings, to the extent
    34  possible and reasonable.
    35    (iii) In any case where an agency charges a requestor for the costs of
    36  redacting a body worn camera recording under this  paragraph,  the  time
    37  spent on redaction of the recording shall not count towards the agency's
    38  allocation  of,  or  limitation  on,  time  or costs spent responding to
    39  public records requests under this chapter, as established  pursuant  to
    40  local ordinance, policy, procedure, or state law.
    41    (g) For purposes of this subdivision:
    42    (i)  "Body worn camera recording" means a video and/or sound recording
    43  that is made by a body worn camera attached to the uniform or eyewear of
    44  a law enforcement or corrections officer  from  a  covered  jurisdiction
    45  while in the course of his or her official duties and that is made on or
    46  after  June  ninth,  two  thousand sixteen, and prior to July first, two
    47  thousand nineteen; and
    48    (ii) "Covered jurisdiction" means any jurisdiction that  has  deployed
    49  body  worn cameras as of June ninth, two thousand sixteen, regardless of
    50  whether or not body worn cameras are being deployed in the  jurisdiction
    51  on  June  ninth,  two  thousand  sixteen, including, but not limited to,
    52  jurisdictions that have deployed body worn cameras on a pilot basis.
    53    (h) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to  restrict  access
    54  to  body  worn camera recordings as otherwise permitted by law for offi-
    55  cial or recognized civilian and accountability bodies or pursuant to any
    56  court order.

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     1    (i) A law enforcement or corrections  agency  must  retain  body  worn
     2  camera recordings for at least sixty days and thereafter may destroy the
     3  records.
     4    §  9.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     5  effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
     6  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
     7  tive date is authorized and directed to be  made  and  completed  on  or
     8  before such effective date.