Bill Text: NY S09150 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to reporting a nonemergency incident to an organization having the function of dealing with emergencies; designates such offense a class B misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09150 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S09150-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9150 IN SENATE August 15, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to reporting a nonemergency incident to an organization having the function of dealing with emer- gencies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.49 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 240.49 Reporting a nonemergency incident. 4 A person is guilty of reporting a nonemergency incident when, knowing 5 the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be a nonemergency 6 situation, he or she initiates or circulates a report or warning to an 7 official or quasi-official agency or organization having the function of 8 dealing with emergencies involving danger to life or property of an 9 alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a nonemergency situation 10 in which it is unlikely that a threat to public safety will result. 11 Reporting a nonemergency incident is a class B misdemeanor. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16466-01-8
