Bill Text: NY S07289 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits any municipal corporation or other government entity from paying ransom in the event of a cyber-attack against such municipal corporation's or government entity's critical infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-09 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY [S07289 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07289-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7289

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2020
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
          the paying of ransom in the event of a cyber-attack

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 70-b to read as follows:
     3    §  70-b. Payment of ransom; cyber-attack.  No municipal corporation or
     4  other government entity shall pay ransom in the event of a  cyber-attack
     5  against such municipal corporation or such government entity. As used in
     6  this section the term "cyber-attack" shall mean a virtual attack against
     7  the  critical  infrastructure, as defined in subdivision five of section
     8  eighty-six of the public officers law, of  a  municipal  corporation  or
     9  other government entity.
    10    § 2. This act shall tale effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14847-01-0