Bill Text: NY A10544 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10544 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to conducting unlawful surveillance by use of a drone.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-31 - referred to codes [A10544 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10544-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          10544
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 31, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the  penal  law,  in  relation  to  conducting  unlawful
          surveillance by use of a drone
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 250.45 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  Without  the  knowledge  or  consent of a person, he or she inten-
     4  tionally uses or permits the utilization of a device to  surreptitiously
     5  view,  broadcast,  or  record another person, by means of aerial imaging
     6  technology, at a place and time when a person has a reasonable  expecta-
     7  tion of privacy.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13423-01-5