Bill Text: NY S02534 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02534 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02534-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2534
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       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 ninetieth 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.
                                                                  LBD05759-01-1