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Assembly Bill A8142

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires all playgrounds to be equipped with live digital security systems with a live feed to the nearest law enforcement agency

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2013-A8142 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add ยง10-109, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A4510

2013-A8142 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all playgrounds to be equipped with live digital security systems with a live feed to the nearest law enforcement agency.

2013-A8142 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8142

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  requiring  all playgrounds be equipped with live digital
  security systems with a live feed to the nearest law enforcement agen-
  cy

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

  Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
by adding a new section 10-109 to read as follows:
  S 10-109 LIVE DIGITAL SECURITY SYSTEMS ON PLAYGROUNDS.  1.  ANY  PLAY-
GROUND  LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL
BE EQUIPPED WITH A LIVE DIGITAL SECURITY SYSTEM THAT SENDS LIVE FEED  TO
THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
  2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LIVE DIGITAL SECURITY SYSTEM"
SHALL MEAN A SYSTEM WITH ONE OR MORE CAMERAS THAT PRODUCE  LIVE  DIGITAL
VIDEO  OF  THE  PLAYGROUND  SUCH SYSTEM IS LOCATED IN. SUCH SYSTEM SHALL
PRODUCE A LIVE VISUAL IMAGE VIEWABLE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCATED  AT  THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
  3.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PLAYGROUND" SHALL MEAN
AN AREA DESIGNED, EQUIPPED, AND SET ASIDE FOR PLAY OF SIX OR MORE  CHIL-
DREN  WHICH  IS  NOT  INTENDED  FOR  USE AS AN ATHLETIC PLAYING FIELD OR
ATHLETIC COURT, AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY PLAY EQUIPMENT,  SURFACING,  FENC-
ING,  SIGNS,  INTERNAL  PATHWAYS,  INTERNAL  LAND FORMS, VEGETATION, AND
RELATED STRUCTURES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06324-01-3

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