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NY A04209
Bill
Status
2/2/2011
Primary Sponsor
Peter Rivera
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AI Summary
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Requires every commercial airport in New York to identify and maintain records of children under 18 arriving unaccompanied by an adult age 21 or older.
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Mandates airports determine and document the name and address of the person who will take custody of each unaccompanied minor upon arrival.
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Requires airports to report all compiled information to the Civil Rights Bureau of the Department of Law on a monthly basis.
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Directs the Attorney General and Office of Children and Family Services to jointly examine airport data to recommend regulatory or statutory changes to prevent human trafficking of children.
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law; authorizes rules and regulations to be completed by the effective date.
Legislative Description
Directs commercial air carrier airports to identify and maintain a record of each child under 18 who arrives unaccompanied by an adult; such information shall be reported to the civil rights bureau of the department of law on a monthly basis; directs the attorney general, office of children and family services and local child protective services to establish procedures to ensure that children do not fall into the hands of human traffickers.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/4/2012