Bill Text: NY S07819 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs); prohibits the use of ALPR systems by non-law enforcement entities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-12 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S07819 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07819-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7819
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 12, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- 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 banning the use
          of automatic license plate reader systems
          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  397-b to read as follows:
     3    § 397-b. Use of automatic license plate reader systems prohibited.  As
     4  used  in  this  section:   1. "Automatic license plate reader system" or
     5  "ALPR system" shall mean a system of one or more mobile  or  fixed  high
     6  speed  cameras  used  in combination with computer algorithms to convert
     7  images of license plates into computer-readable data.
     8    2. It shall be unlawful for  any  business,  individual,  partnership,
     9  corporation,  association, or state or local government non-law enforce-
    10  ment entity to use an automatic license plate reader system.
    11    3. The provisions of this section shall not  apply  to  an  electronic
    12  toll collection system or associated transaction system or any component
    13  thereof  which  is  operated  by  a  public authority for the purpose of
    14  imposing and collecting tolls on a roadway within the state.
    15    4. A violation of the provisions of this section  shall  constitute  a
    16  violation,  and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a term of
    17  imprisonment not to exceed fifteen days, or by a fine of not  more  than
    18  one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each unlaw-
    19  fully  installed  or  maintained  device shall constitute a separate and
    20  distinct violation.
    21    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15012-01-6