S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MOYA,
RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring the
issuance of a warrant for the use of electronic tracking devices
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 700.05 of the criminal procedure
law, as amended by chapter 744 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read
as follows:
1. "Eavesdropping" means "wiretapping", "mechanical overhearing of
conversation[," or the] ", "intercepting or accessing of an electronic
communication", as those terms are defined in section 250.00 of the
penal law, OR THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC TRACKING DEVICE, but does not
include the use of a pen register or trap and trace device when author-
ized pursuant to article [705] SEVEN HUNDRED FIVE of this chapter.
§ 2. Section 700.05 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. "ELECTRONIC TRACKING DEVICE" MEANS AN ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL
DEVICE WHICH PERMITS THE TRACKING OF THE MOVEMENT OF A PERSON OR THING
BY MEANS OF A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS.
§ 3. 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.
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