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A11389 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11389 I N A S S E M B L Y October 22, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Richardson) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to reporting a nonemergency incident to an organization having the function of dealing with emer- gencies 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 240.49 to read as follows: § 240.49 REPORTING A NONEMERGENCY INCIDENT. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF REPORTING A NONEMERGENCY INCIDENT WHEN, KNOWING THE INFORMATION REPORTED, CONVEYED OR CIRCULATED TO BE A NONEMERGENCY SITUATION, HE OR SHE INITIATES OR CIRCULATES A REPORT OR WARNING TO AN OFFICIAL OR QUASI-OFFICIAL AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION HAVING THE FUNCTION OF DEALING WITH EMERGENCIES INVOLVING DANGER TO LIFE OR PROPERTY OF AN ALLEGED OCCURRENCE OR IMPENDING OCCURRENCE OF A NONEMERGENCY SITUATION IN WHICH IT IS UNLIKELY THAT A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY WILL RESULT. REPORTING A NONEMERGENCY INCIDENT IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16466-01-8