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Assembly Bill A6012

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires persons against whom an order of protection is issued to wear an electronic monitoring device

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2017-A6012 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4327
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §530.15, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5835, S380
2021-2022: S5411
2023-2024: S4320
2025-2026: S5890

2017-A6012 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires persons against whom an order of protection is issued to wear an electronic monitoring device; prohibits the tampering with such a device and violation of such prohibition constitutes a class E felony.

2017-A6012 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6012
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ORTIZ,  GALEF,  ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA, HOOPER,
   JAFFEE, M. G. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH,
   PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring
   certain individuals to wear electronic monitoring devices

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 530.15 to read as follows:
 § 530.15 WEARING OF ELECTRONIC TAGGING DEVICES.
   1. ANY PERSON AGAINST WHOM AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS  ISSUED  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO WEAR AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING
 DEVICE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "ELECTRONIC  MONITORING  DEVICE"
 MEANS  A  DEVICE,  WORN  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL, THAT TRANSMITS A SIGNAL AND
 ENABLES ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO MONITOR, TRACK AND/OR  PINPOINT  THE
 LOCATION  OF  THE INDIVIDUAL WEARING THE DEVICE THROUGH THE RECEPTION OF
 THAT SIGNAL.
   2. AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT TAMPER WITH HIS OR HER ELECTRONIC  MONITOR-
 ING  DEVICE IN ANY WAY, NOR MAY THEY ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON TO TAMPER WITH
 SUCH DEVICE. ANY PERSON WHO TAMPERS WITH AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE
 SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
 person  against  whom an order of protection has been issued on or after
 the effective date of this act.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09784-01-7

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