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Assembly Bill A10544

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to conducting unlawful surveillance by use of a drone

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2015-A10544 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6597
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง250.45, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8091
2017-2018: A4674, A10939, S4710
2019-2020: A4674, S2882
2021-2022: S3862
2023-2024: S4721
2025-2026: S6340

2015-A10544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to conducting unlawful surveillance by use of a drone.

2015-A10544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10544

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the  penal  law,  in  relation  to  conducting  unlawful
  surveillance by use of a drone

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

  Section 1. Section 250.45 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6.  WITHOUT  THE  KNOWLEDGE  OR  CONSENT OF A PERSON, HE OR SHE INTEN-
TIONALLY USES OR PERMITS THE UTILIZATION OF A DEVICE TO  SURREPTITIOUSLY
VIEW,  BROADCAST,  OR  RECORD ANOTHER PERSON, BY MEANS OF AERIAL IMAGING
TECHNOLOGY, AT A PLACE AND TIME WHEN A PERSON HAS A REASONABLE  EXPECTA-
TION OF PRIVACY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13423-01-5

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