Bill Text: NY A07890 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts Detective Brian Simonsen's law; requires police officers report stolen wireless communication methods to wireless communication method service providers who must then disable such stolen wireless communication methods.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-11-06 - enacting clause stricken [A07890 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A07890-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7890 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY July 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SLATER, REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law and the general business law, in relation to requiring wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless communication methods The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Detective Brian Simonsen's law". 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-e to 4 read as follows: 5 § 845-e. Notification of stolen wireless communication methods. When- 6 ever any police officer designated in section 1.20 of the criminal 7 procedure law or a peace officer designated in section 2.10 of such law, 8 acting pursuant to his or her special duties, is made aware a wireless 9 communication method has been stolen or is believed to have been stolen, 10 such officer shall: 11 1. where the wireless communication method is a wireless telephone, 12 notify the business entity which was providing such stolen wireless 13 telephone wireless telephone services and have such services discontin- 14 ued; 15 2. where the wireless communication method is an international mobile 16 identification system, notify the business entity which was providing 17 such international mobile identification system and have such services 18 discontinued; 19 3. where the wireless communication method is an international mobile 20 equipment identity number, notify the business entity which was provid- 21 ing such international mobile equipment identity number and have such 22 services discontinued; and 23 4. where the wireless communication method is an international mobile 24 subscriber identity number, notify the business entity which was provid- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11814-02-3A. 7890 2 1 ing such international mobile subscriber identity number and have such 2 services discontinued. 3 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399- 4 eee to read as follows: 5 § 399-eee. Disabling of services to stolen wireless communication 6 methods. 1. Disabling of wireless telephone services. Whenever any 7 police officer designated in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law 8 or a peace officer designated in section 2.10 of such law, acting pursu- 9 ant to his or her special duties, notifies any person, firm, partner- 10 ship, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other 11 business entity providing wireless telephone services, as such term is 12 defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred 13 twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, that a telephone using 14 such business entity's wireless telephone services has been stolen, such 15 business entity shall cease wireless telephone services to such stolen 16 telephone. 17 2. Disabling of stolen international mobile identification systems. 18 Whenever any police officer designated in section 1.20 of the criminal 19 procedure law or a peace officer designated in section 2.10 of such law, 20 acting pursuant to his or her special duties, notifies any person, firm, 21 partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or 22 other business entity providing international mobile identification 23 systems that one of such business entity's systems has been stolen, such 24 business entity shall cease services to such stolen system. 25 3. Disabling of stolen international mobile equipment identity number 26 (IMEI). Whenever any police officer designated in section 1.20 of the 27 criminal procedure law or a peace officer designated in section 2.10 of 28 such law, acting pursuant to his or her special duties, notifies any 29 person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, 30 corporation, or other business entity providing international mobile 31 equipment identity numbers (IMEI) that one of such business entity's 32 numbers has been stolen, such business entity shall cease services to 33 such stolen number. 34 4. Disabling of stolen international mobile subscriber identity 35 number. Whenever any police officer designated in section 1.20 of the 36 criminal procedure law or a peace officer designated in section 2.10 of 37 such law, acting pursuant to his or her special duties, notifies any 38 person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, 39 corporation, or other business entity providing international mobile 40 subscriber identity numbers that one of such business entity's numbers 41 has been stolen, such business entity shall cease services to such 42 stolen number. 43 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 44 have become a law.
