Bill Text: NY S04488 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enhances the definition of dangerous contraband to include a gun, knife, cell phone or other wireless communication device, laptop computer, any device with global position capabilities, map, camera or explosive.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-05-07 - referred to codes [S04488 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S04488-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4488 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 3, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- (at request of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision) -- 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 enhancing the definition of dangerous contraband 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 GUN, 6 KNIFE, CELL PHONE OR OTHER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, LAPTOP COMPUT- 7 ER, ANY DEVICE WITH GLOBAL POSITION CAPABILITIES, MAP, CAMERA OR 8 EXPLOSIVE. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08995-02-3