Bill Text: NY A06597 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Curtails transmission of unsolicited electronic mail over public computer networks; creates crime of aggravated harassment of an individual through electronic mail and makes it a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-11 - held for consideration in codes [A06597 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06597-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         6597
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
         CYMBROWITZ, EDDINGTON, FIELDS, GALEF, GUNTHER, HOOPER, JOHN,  McENENY,
         PEOPLES, J. RIVERA, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of
         an individual through electronic mail
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 240.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A. TRANSMITS AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE OVER A COMPUTER  NETWORK  WITHOUT
    4  THE  EXPRESS  AUTHORITY  OF  THE  RECIPIENT,  WHEN SUCH MESSAGE PROVIDES
    5  NEITHER ANY PURPOSE OF LEGITIMATE COMMUNICATION NOR ANY  INFORMATION  TO
    6  THE  RECIPIENT  WHICH WOULD ALLOW A DIRECT REPLY TO INFORM THE SENDER OF
    7  THE ANNOYANCE; OR
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    9  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00342-01-9