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Assembly Bill A9942

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the crime of eavesdropping

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2015-A9942 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง250.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7242

2015-A9942 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the crime of eavesdropping and law enforcement.

2015-A9942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9942

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- 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 2016".
  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.
                                                           LBD08640-02-6

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