Bill Text: NY S00051 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the smartphone and tablet security act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-15 - PRINT NUMBER 51A [S00051 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00051-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          51--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
          recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
          Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
          smartphone and tablet security act
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the  "smart-
     2  phone and tablet security act".
     3    §  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 39-H
     4  to read as follows:
     5                                ARTICLE 39-H
     6                     SMARTPHONE AND TABLET SECURITY ACT
     7  Section 899-aaaa. Definitions.
     8          899-bbbb. In general.
     9          899-cccc. Enforcement.
    10    § 899-aaaa. Definitions. As used in this article:
    11    1. "Advanced mobile communication device" means any hardware technolo-
    12  gy including, but not limited to, a cellular telephone, handheld comput-
    13  er, tablet, or calendaring and messaging  device  with  telephony  func-
    14  tions,  that  is  capable  of  providing  wireless  internet  access, in
    15  addition to enabling voice communications using cellular radio telephone
    16  service, as defined in section 22.99 of Title 47 of the Code of  Federal
    17  Regulations,  or  voice  over  internet  protocol service, as defined in
    18  section 9.3 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    19    2. "Commercial mobile service" means any mobile service  provided  for
    20  profit  as  defined  in subsection (d) of section 332 of Title 47 of the
    21  Code of Federal Regulations.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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