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Assembly Bill A5423

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates the internet protection act; repealer

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2009-A5423 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§235.20 & 263.00, rpld & add §235.22, add §§235.25 & 263.17, Pen L; amd §§253, 272 & 751, add §253-a, Ed L; add §92-g, Pub Serv L

2009-A5423 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the internet protection act; penalizes those who disseminate and display sexually explicit material to minors; places limitations on how minors may access the internet in public libraries; further establishes criteria for library systems to obtain state aid

2009-A5423 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5423

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ERRIGO, ALFANO, BURLING, DUPREY, KOLB, McDONOUGH,
  TOBACCO,  WALKER,  FINCH  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,
  BARRA, CROUCH,  HAWLEY,  JORDAN,  McKEVITT,  MOLINARO,  QUINN,  SPANO,
  THIELE, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, the education law and the public service
  law, in relation to creating the internet protection act; and  repeal-
  ing  certain  provisions  of  the  penal law relating to disseminating
  indecent material to minors in the first degree

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "internet protection act".
  S 2. Section 235.20 of the penal law is amended  by  adding  five  new
subdivisions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 to read as follows:
  8.  "INTERNET"  MEANS  A  MATRIX  OF  NETWORKS THAT CONNECTS COMPUTERS
AROUND THE WORLD.
  9. "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATTER" MEANS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VISUAL MATERIAL,
SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VERBAL MATERIAL, OR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PERFORMANCE.
  10. "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PERFORMANCE" MEANS A  MOTION  PICTURE,  EXHIBI-
TION,  SHOW,  REPRESENTATION, OR OTHER PRESENTATION THAT, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, DEPICTS NUDITY, SEXUAL EXCITEMENT, EROTIC FONDLING, SEXUAL  INTER-
COURSE,   OR   SADOMASOCHISTIC   ABUSE.  SEXUALLY  EXPLICIT  PERFORMANCE
INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED  TO,  ANY  PERFORMANCE  DESCRIBED  IN  THIS
SUBDIVISION  COMMUNICATED,  TRANSMITTED,  DISPLAYED,  OR  OTHERWISE MADE
AVAILABLE BY MEANS OF THE INTERNET OR A COMPUTER OR ACCESS SOFTWARE.
  11. "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VERBAL  MATERIAL"  MEANS  ANY  BOOK,  PAMPHLET,
MAGAZINE,  PRINTED  MATTER  REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER, OR SOUND RECORDING
THAT CONTAINS AN EXPLICIT AND DETAILED VERBAL DESCRIPTION  OR  NARRATIVE
ACCOUNT  OF  SEXUAL  EXCITEMENT, EROTIC FONDLING, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, OR
SADOMASOCHISTIC ABUSE. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VERBAL MATERIAL  INCLUDES,  BUT
IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ANY VERBAL MATERIAL DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05930-01-9
              

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