Bill Text: NY A04833 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Expands the definition of dangerous contraband to include telecommunications and electronic recording devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A04833 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04833-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4833--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMOTAS, M. MILLER -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the definition
         of dangerous contraband to include telecommunications  and  electronic
         recording devices
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 205.00 of the penal law is amended
    2  to read as follows:
    3    4. "Dangerous contraband" means contraband which is  capable  of  such
    4  use  as  may  endanger the safety or security of a detention facility or
    5  any person therein, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A  TELE-
    6  COMMUNICATIONS  OR  ELECTRONIC  RECORDING  DEVICE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
    7  SUBDIVISION, A "TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR ELECTRONIC RECORDING DEVICE" MEANS
    8  ANY TYPE OF INSTRUMENT, DEVICE, MACHINE OR EQUIPMENT THAT IS DESIGNED TO
    9  TRANSMIT AND/OR RECEIVE TELEPHONIC,  ELECTRONIC,  DIGITAL,  CELLULAR  OR
   10  RADIO  SIGNALS OR COMMUNICATIONS OR ANY PART OF SUCH INSTRUMENT, DEVICE,
   11  MACHINE OR EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS ANY TYPE OF INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO HAVE
   12  SOUND OR IMAGE RECORDING ABILITIES AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
   13  TO, A CELLULAR OR DIGITAL PHONE, A PAGER, A TWO-WAY RADIO TEXT MESSAGING
   14  OR MODEM DEVICE (INCLUDING MODEM EQUIPMENT DEVICES), A CAMERA,  A  VIDEO
   15  RECORDER AND TAPE OR DIGITAL RECORDING DEVICES, OR ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT
   16  HAS SAID CAPABILITIES.
   17    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the fifteenth day after it shall
   18  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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