Bill Text: NY A06982 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6982 (Prior Session Legislation)

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 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - held for consideration in codes [A06982 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06982-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6982
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
         CYMBROWITZ,   GALEF,   GUNTHER,   HOOPER,   McENENY,   PEOPLES-STOKES,
         J. RIVERA,  TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee 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.
                                                                  LBD02480-01-1