Bill Text: NY S00953 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to cyber terrorism in the first and second degree.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 13-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-20 - referred to codes [S00953 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00953-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           953
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  CROCI,  AVELLA,  FUNKE,  GOLDEN,  MURPHY, O'MARA,
          RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
          committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
          Affairs
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to cyber terrorism in the
          first and second degree
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 490.26
     2  and 490.27 to read as follows:
     3  § 490.26 Cyber terrorism in the second degree.
     4    A person is guilty of a crime of cyber terrorism in the second  degree
     5  when,  with  intent  to  cause  serious,  wide-spread financial harm, or
     6  commit any offense contained within article one  hundred  fifty-five  of
     7  this  chapter  against more than ten people, a person uses a computer, a
     8  computer program, a computer  network,  computer  material,  a  computer
     9  service,  or  computer data, to cause such wide-spread financial harm or
    10  to commit any offense contained within article one hundred fifty-five of
    11  this chapter against more than ten people.
    12    Cyber terrorism in the second degree is a class C felony.
    13  § 490.27 Cyber terrorism in the first degree.
    14    A person is guilty of a crime of cyber terrorism in the  first  degree
    15  when,  with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influ-
    16  ence the policy of a unit of government  by  intimidation  or  coercion,
    17  affect  the  conduct  of  a  unit  of  government, or cause mass injury,
    18  damage, destruction or debilitation to persons and/or property, a person
    19  uses a computer, a computer program, a computer network, computer  mate-
    20  rial,  a  computer  service, or computer data, to intimidate, influence,
    21  coerce, affect, injure, damage, destroy, or debilitate persons or  prop-
    22  erty.
    23    Cyber terrorism in the first degree is a class A felony.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    25  ing the date upon which 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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