NY State Senate Bill 2011-S692

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 04, 2012	referred to codes
Jan 05, 2011	referred to codes

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2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1560
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §245.12, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S6187, A7618
2013-2014: A5193
2015-2016: A8426
2017-2018: A3558
2019-2020: A2708

2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of display of sexual material in a vehicle while on display in a public place.

2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S692

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of display of sexual
material in a vehicle

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To discourage the display of sexually
explicit video material or images within a vehicle which is in public
view.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the Penal Law to add a new section 245.12 to address
concerns about the display of sexual material in a vehicle that is
observable by the general public. A person is guilty of display of
sexual material in a vehicle when he/she displays a sexually explicit
video on a video or television screen located within a vehicle that
is able to be seen by the general public outside of such vehicle.

The crime of displaying sexual material in a vehicle shall be
punishable by up to two thousand hours of community service.
Additionally, one point will be added to the offender's driving record.

JUSTIFICATION:
The display of explicit sexual material is not an

action that should be allowed within the public's view. Parents have
the right to let their children walk to school or ride the bus
without worrying that they may catch a glimpse of a pornographic film
playing on a driver's video screen within their vehicle. Each and
every New Yorker has the right to walk the streets and drive on the
roadways of our great state without being exposed to pornographic
material.

This legislation will prevent individuals from displaying explicit
sexual material in any public viewing area if such broadcast or image
comes from within a motor vehicle.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2004 - A.10384 - Referred to Codes
2005/06 - A.1645 - Referred to Codes
2007/08 - A.3771 - Referred to Codes
2010 - S.6187 - First time introduced in Senate (Codes Committee)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred
twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   692

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN, HUNTLEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime  of  display  of
  sexual material in a vehicle

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

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 245.12  to
read as follows:
S 245.12 DISPLAY OF SEXUAL MATERIAL IN A VEHICLE.
  1.  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DISPLAY OF SEXUAL MATERIAL IN A VEHICLE WHEN
HE OR SHE IS IN A VEHICLE THAT IS LOCATED IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND A  SEXU-
ALLY  EXPLICIT  VIDEO IS BEING DISPLAYED ON A VIDEO OR TELEVISION SCREEN
LOCATED WITHIN THAT VEHICLE THAT IS CAPABLE OF BEING SEEN  BY  A  PERSON
WHO IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE VEHICLE.
  2.  THE  CRIME  OF  DISPLAY  OF  SEXUAL MATERIAL IN A VEHICLE SHALL BE
PUNISHABLE BY UP TO TWO THOUSAND HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
  3. ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF DISPLAY OF SEXUAL MATERIAL  IN
A  VEHICLE  SHALL,  IN  ADDITION TO ANY COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIRED TO BE
PERFORMED, HAVE ONE POINT ADDED TO HIS OR HER DRIVING RECORD.
  DISPLAY OF SEXUAL MATERIAL IN A VEHICLE IS A VIOLATION.
  S 2. The commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized and directed  to
implement  and/or  amend any rule or regulation necessary for the timely
implementation of this act on its effective date.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04021-01-1

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Jeffrey D. Klein

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Shirley L. Huntley

2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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