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Assembly Bill A8384

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to recording acts of governmental administration

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2015-A8384 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง195.18, Pen L

2015-A8384 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to recording acts of governmental administration.

2015-A8384 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8384

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                           September 11, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to recording acts of govern-
  mental administration

  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 195.18 to
read as follows:
S 195.18 RECORDING ACTS OF GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATION.
  THE FACT THAT A PERSON TAKES A PHOTOGRAPH OR MAKES AN AUDIO  OR  VIDEO
RECORDING  OF A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, MEDICAL EMERGENCY TECHNI-
CIAN OR PERSONNEL, FIREMAN OR OTHER PUBLIC SERVANT PERFORMING  AN  OFFI-
CIAL FUNCTION, WHILE THE POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, MEDICAL EMERGEN-
CY  TECHNICIAN  OR  PERSONNEL,  FIREMAN  OR OTHER PUBLIC SERVANT IS IN A
PUBLIC PLACE OR THE PERSON TAKING THE PHOTOGRAPH OR MAKING THE RECORDING
IS IN A PLACE HE OR SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE, IN AND
OF ITSELF, A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11857-01-5

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