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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y
                              May 31, 2016
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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