Assembly Bill A4563

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the crime of eavesdropping

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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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2015-A4563 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §250.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7242

2015-A4563 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the crime of eavesdropping and law enforcement.

2015-A4563 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4563

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK, ABINANTI, COOK, ARROYO, MOSLEY, SKARTADOS
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED,  ROBINSON,  SEPULVEDA  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of eavesdropping

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  the  "open
camera/neighborhood watch act of 2015".
  S 2. Section 250.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 744 of the
laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
S 250.05 Eavesdropping.
  A  person is guilty of eavesdropping when he OR SHE unlawfully engages
in wiretapping, mechanical overhearing of a conversation, or  intercept-
ing or accessing of an electronic communication, EXCEPT WHEN A MEMBER OF
THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC  IS  RECORDING  A CRIME IN PROGRESS OR ANY UNLAWFUL
PRACTICE AND PRESENTS THIS RECORDED MATERIAL TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.
  Eavesdropping is a class E felony.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08640-01-5

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