Bill Text: NY S01982 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits an augmented reality game developer from developing any augmented reality game that causes or allows any in-game objective to be located at, or accessible within a one hundred foot radius of the digital location corresponding with the recorded place of residence of a sex offender as defined in Article 6-C of the correction law; defines "augmented reality game" to be a digital application or game, typically accessed on mobile devices, including but not limited to: smartphones; tablets; or augmented reality glasses; which causes users to physically move to and/or personally interact with locations outside the user's place of residence for the purpose of achieving goals or moving from place to place within the game; authorizes attorney general enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S01982 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01982-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1982
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to augmented real-
          ity games
          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  391-u to read as follows:
     3    §  391-u. Augmented reality game. 1. For the purposes of this section,
     4  the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a) "Augmented reality game" shall be a digital application  or  game,
     6  typically  accessed  on  mobile  devices,  including but not limited to:
     7  smartphones; tablets; or augmented reality glasses; which  causes  users
     8  to  physically move to and/or personally interact with locations outside
     9  the user's place of residence for the  purpose  of  achieving  goals  or
    10  moving from place to place within the game.
    11    (b)  "In-game  objective"  shall  be  any element of the game which is
    12  accessible at a specific digital location or multiple digital locations.
    13    (c) "Digital location" shall be the in-game location  analogue  to  an
    14  existing  physical address in the real world, mapped by means of digital
    15  information  processed  within  the  game  that  corresponds  to  actual
    16  addresses and/or GPS coordinates.
    17    (d)  "Augmented  reality  game developer" shall mean any individual or
    18  business entity which has developed and owns the rights to an  augmented
    19  reality  game.    In  the  event  that a developer sells the controlling
    20  intellectual property rights to another entity and no  longer  maintains
    21  control  of  the  development  of  the  augmented  reality game, the new
    22  controlling entity shall be considered the developer.
    23    2. No augmented reality  game  developer  shall  cause  or  allow  any
    24  in-game  objective  to be located at, or accessible within a one hundred
    25  foot radius of the digital  location  corresponding  with  the  reported
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05597-01-9
        S. 1982                             2
     1  place of residence of a sex offender subject to lifetime registration as
     2  defined  in  article  six-C  of  the  correction law, as reported on the
     3  internet subdirectory of level two and level three sex  offenders  main-
     4  tained by the division of criminal justice services.
     5    3. An augmented reality game developer shall update its in-game objec-
     6  tive  digital  location  exclusions  within  the  game at least once per
     7  month.
     8    4. The attorney general shall have the authority to institute a  civil
     9  action  or  proceeding  to  enforce the provisions of this section.  Any
    10  person or entity that knowingly violates this section shall  be  subject
    11  to  a  daily fine of up to one hundred dollars each day for each digital
    12  location within the augmented reality game that  is  not  in  compliance
    13  with this section.
    14    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    15  have become a law.