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Assembly Bill A4877

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a crime for unlawful surveillance through the use of GPS or similar technology

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2015-A4877 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §250.75, Pen L; add §50-f, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A10193

2015-A4877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a crime for unlawful surveillance through the use of GPS or similar technology.

2015-A4877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4877

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN, AUBRY, BENEDETTO, BLAKE, BRENNAN, BRINDI-
  SI, CAHILL, CLARK,  COLTON,  COOK,  CRESPO,  CUSICK,  DINOWITZ,  FAHY,
  FARRELL,  GALEF,  GANTT,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  GUNTHER, HEVESI, JAFFEE,
  JOYNER, LUPARDO, MILLER, MOSLEY, O'DONNELL, PAULIN,  PICHARDO,  ROSEN-
  THAL,  SCHIMMINGER,  SIMON,  STIRPE, WOERNER, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A. BARRON, BROOK-KRASNY, BUCHWALD,  HIKIND  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law and the civil rights law, in relation to
  the unlawful surveillance of an individual using GPS or similar  tech-
  nology

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

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 250.75  to
read as follows:
S  250.75  UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE BY GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM OR SIMILAR
           TECHNOLOGY.
  1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE BY  GLOBAL  POSITIONING
SYSTEM OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY WHEN:
  (A)  WITHOUT  THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF THE AUTHORIZED OPERATOR OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE AND WITH INTENT TO MONITOR OR DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF  A
MOTOR  VEHICLE,  HE  OR SHE INTENTIONALLY PLACES IN OR ON SUCH VEHICLE A
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM DEVICE OR SIMILAR DEVICE AND THEREBY  MONITORS
OR  DETERMINES  THE  LOCATION OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES
WHERE SUCH AUTHORIZED OPERATOR  HAS  A  REASONABLE  EXPECTATION  OF  THE
PRIVACY OF SUCH INFORMATION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND SUBDIVI-
SION THREE OF THIS SECTION, A "REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY" IS NOT
EXTINGUISHED  BY THE MERE PRESENCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A PUBLIC PLACE;
OR
  (B) WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF A PERSON AND  WITH  INTENT  TO
MONITOR  OR  DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF A PERSON, HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY
PLACES ON THE BODY OF SUCH PERSON OR ON THE PERSONAL  PROPERTY  OF  SUCH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03847-01-5
              

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