NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6335

Senate Bill S6335

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Includes the possession of an unmanned aircraft containing a deadly weapon within the class C felony of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree

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2015-S6335 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10102
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §265.03, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S1955, A1111

2015-S6335 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the possession of an unmanned aircraft containing a deadly weapon within the class C felony of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

2015-S6335 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6335

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the
possession of an unmanned aircraft containing a deadly weapon

 PURPOSE :

To make illegal the possession of an unmanned aircraft containing a
deadly weapon within the class C felony of criminal possession of a
weapon in the second degree.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 265.03 of the penal law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:

(d) possesses an unmanned aircraft containing a deadly weapon as
defined in subdivision twelve of section 10.00 of this chapter.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

None

 JUSTIFICATION :

During 2015, police departments from Texas to Connecticut have
reported unmanned aircraft, commonly known as drones, armed with guns.
The number of drones being used by individuals for private purposes is
growing at a steady pace, and the retail prices of drones is actually
dropping. There is currently no collection of information regarding
drone ownership or operation. It is hard to determine how many drones
are currently in private use.  Since 2012, when private ownership and
use of unmanned aircraft was federally approved, E-bay alone has sold
more than half a million drones. It is likely that more than a million
drones are privately owned and operated across the country.

In October of this year, a man was arrested for flying a drone into
the state capitol in Albany. The potential threat of armed drones is
clearly increasing, and existing New York State Law fails to address
it.

The proposed legislation would include weaponized drones within the
existing statute identifying and regulating deadly weapons in the NYS
Penal Law.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6335 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6335

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  the  possession  of  an
  unmanned aircraft containing a deadly weapon

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 265.03 of the penal law is amended
by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D) POSSESSES AN UNMANNED  AIRCRAFT  CONTAINING  A  DEADLY  WEAPON  AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION 10.00 OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13112-01-5

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