Bill Text: NY A03261 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of any badge, shield, identification card or other insignia of any police department or law enforcement agency or a facsimile of such a badge or shield and imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $250 for each violation.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - reported referred to codes [A03261 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03261-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3261
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  unlawful
         sale of law enforcement identification
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  139 to read as follows:
    3    S 139. UNLAWFUL SALE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INSIGNIA. NO PERSON SHALL SELL
    4  ANY BADGE, SHIELD, IDENTIFICATION CARD OR OTHER INSIGNIA OF  ANY  POLICE
    5  DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE,
    6  COMMISSION OR AUTHORITY OF THIS STATE, OR A FACSIMILE OF ANY SUCH BADGE,
    7  SHIELD,  IDENTIFICATION CARD OR INSIGNIA EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE OR
    8  REGULATION ADOPTED BY SUCH POLICE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY.
    9  A  VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE  BY A
   10  CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH
   11  VIOLATION.
   12    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   13  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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