| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S515
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
2009-S515 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S515 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S515
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring
certain individuals to wear electronic monitoring devices
PURPOSE :
This bill requires any person against whom an order of protection is
issued to be required to wear an electronic monitoring device.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
section 530.15. This requires that any person against whom an order
of protection is issued, shall be required to wear an electronic
tagging device. Also if an individual tampers with the device, they
shall be guilty of a class E felony.
JUSTIFICATION :
In 1999 the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
received 55,558 police reports of family offenses involving adult
intimate partners. In one out of five of these cases the victim knew
the offender and the use of a weapon was involved. An adult female
was identified as the victim in 84% of cases. In a national study of
more than 6,000 families, 50% of the men who frequently assaulted
their wives also frequently abused their children. There are also
major mental health issues, with victims often suffering from major
2009-S515 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
515
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring
certain individuals to wear electronic monitoring devices
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
section 530.15 to read as follows:
S 530.15 WEARING OF ELECTRONIC TAGGING DEVICES.
1. ANY PERSON AGAINST WHOM AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS ISSUED PURSUANT
TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING
DEVICE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE
MEANS A DEVICE, WORN BY AN INDIVIDUAL, THAT TRANSMITS A SIGNAL AND
ENABLES ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO MONITOR, TRACK, AND/OR PINPOINT THE
LOCATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WEARING THE DEVICE THROUGH THE RECEPTION OF
THAT SIGNAL.
2. AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT TAMPER WITH HIS OR HER ELECTRONIC MONITORING
DEVICE IN ANY WAY, NOR MAY THEY ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON TO TAMPER WITH SUCH
DEVICE. A PERSON WHO IS CAUGHT TAMPERING WITH AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING
DEVICE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
person against whom an order of protection has been issued on or after
the effective date of this act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01499-01-9
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