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Assembly Bill A9606

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to unlawfully installing or maintaining a two-way mirror or other viewing device in a changing room

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2011-A9606 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง395-b, Gen Bus L

2011-A9606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to unlawfully installing or maintaining a two-way mirror or other viewing device in a changing room.

2011-A9606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9606

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  unlawfully
  installing or maintaining a two-way mirror or other viewing device

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 2-a and 5 of section 395-b of  the  general
business  law, subdivision 2 as added by chapter 88 of the laws of 1982,
subdivision 2-a as added and subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 391  of
the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
  2.  A  person is guilty of unlawfully installing or maintaining a two-
way mirror or other viewing device when, being the owner or  manager  of
any  premises,  he  knowingly  permits  or  allows  such  a device to be
installed or maintained in or upon such premises,  for  the  purpose  of
surreptitiously  observing  the  interior  of any fitting room, CHANGING
ROOM, restroom, toilet, bathroom, washroom, shower, or any room assigned
to guests or patrons in a motel, hotel or inn.
  2-a. A person is guilty of  unlawfully  installing  or  maintaining  a
video recording device when, being the owner or manager of any premises,
he  knowingly  permits  or allows such a device to be installed or main-
tained in or upon such premises, for purpose of surreptitiously  record-
ing  a  visual image of the interior of any fitting room, CHANGING ROOM,
restroom, toilet, bathroom, washroom, shower, or any other room assigned
to guests or patrons in a motel, hotel or inn.
  5. A violation of the provisions of this section  shall  constitute  a
violation,  and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a term of
imprisonment not to exceed fifteen days, or by a fine of not  more  than
three  hundred dollars FOR EACH DAY SUCH TWO-WAY MIRROR OR OTHER RECORD-
ING DEVICE IS RECORDING OR TRANSMITTING, or by both such fine and impri-
sonment, except that a violation of subdivision two-a  of  this  section
shall  constitute  a felony.  In addition, a violation of the provisions
of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty of not more  than
three  hundred dollars FOR EACH DAY SUCH TWO-WAY MIRROR OR OTHER RECORD-
ING DEVICE IS RECORDING OR TRANSMITTING recoverable in an action by  the

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

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