A 2270: Relates to allowing disclosures in furtherance of the enforcement of state law.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2270 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing disclosures in furtherance of the enforcement of state law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 12 of section 201 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part YYY of chapter 58 3 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Except as required for the commissioner to issue or renew a driv- 5 er's license or learner's permit that meets federal standards for iden- 6 tification, as necessary for an individual seeking acceptance into a 7 trusted traveler program, or to facilitate vehicle imports and/or 8 exports, the commissioner, and any agent or employee of the commission- 9 er, shall not disclose or make accessible in any manner records or 10 information that [he or she] the commissioner maintains, to any agency 11 that primarily enforces immigration law or to any employee or agent of 12 such agency, unless: (i) the commissioner is presented with a lawful 13 court order or judicial warrant signed by a judge appointed pursuant to 14 article III of the United States constitution; or (ii) the employee or 15 agent of such agency is solely enforcing state law or federal criminal 16 law and not immigration law. Upon receiving a request for such records 17 or information from an agency that primarily enforces immigration law, 18 the commissioner shall, no later than three days after such request, 19 notify the individual about whom such information was requested, inform- 20 ing such individual of the request and the identity of the agency that 21 made such request unless such notification would interfere with a feder- 22 al criminal investigation. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04607-01-5