Assembly Bill A889

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires individuals who have an order of protection issued against them to wear an electronic monitoring device

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A889 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2939
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §530.15, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2599, S515
2013-2014: A1913, S2299
2015-2016: A5872
2017-2018: A6267

2011-A889 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires individuals who have an order of protection issued against them to wear an electronic monitoring device.

2011-A889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   889

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ORTIZ,  TOBACCO,  GALEF, SCHIMEL, GABRYSZAK,
  MAISEL,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  BOYLAND,  J. RIVERA,  CASTRO,  HOOPER,  JAFFEE,
  SPANO, M. MILLER, N. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEASTIE,
  MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, MILLMAN, PERRY, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, SCAR-
  BOROUGH,  SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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, "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. ANY PERSON WHO TAMPERS  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.
A                                                          LBD02727-01-1

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