Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to codes |
Jun 21, 2013 |
recommitted to rules |
May 22, 2013 |
starred on calendar |
May 21, 2013 |
ordered to third reading cal.729 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 04, 2013 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3490
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2013-S3490 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง190.72, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S6783
2011-2012: S2737
2013-S3490 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3490 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the prohi- bition against unauthorized radio transmissions PURPOSE: To establish the crime of unauthorized radio transmission for those who broadcast radio transmission without obtaining a license to do so from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 190.72 of the penal law would be established to outlaw unauthor- ized radio transmissions and establish penalties for failure to do so without FCC approvals. Section two sets forth the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Local radio stations often have their programming and signal"bumped off' the air, or drowned out by unofficial, unlicensed "pirate" radio stations that broadcast without FCC approval. This law will raise financial fines and incarceration penalties to serve as an disincentive for those who would make such illegal broadcasts. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Similar bills have been moved in the past, such as: 2005-06: A.9647 (Latimer) - Referred to Assembly Codes S.7074 (Volker) - Passed Senate 2007-08: A.1214 (Latimer -
2013-S3490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3490 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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 the prohibition against unauthorized radio transmissions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 190.72 of the penal law, as added by chapter 361 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: S 190.72 Unauthorized radio transmission. A person is guilty of an unauthorized radio transmission when such person: 1. knowingly makes or causes to be made a radio transmission in this state, on a radio frequency assigned and licensed by the federal commu- nications commission for use by amplitude modulation (AM) radio stations between the frequencies of five hundred thirty kilohertz (kHz) to seven- teen hundred kilohertz (kHz), or frequency modulation (FM) radio stations between the frequencies of eighty-eight megahertz (MHz) to one hundred eight megahertz (MHz), without authorization or having first obtained a license from the federal communications commission or duly authorized federal agency, in violation of federal law; OR 2. ACTS, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO CAUSE AN UNAUTHORIZED RADIO TRANSMISSION TO, OR INTERFERENCE WITH, A PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION LICENSED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OR TO ENABLE THE RADIO TRANSMISSION OR INTERFERENCE TO OCCUR. Unauthorized radio transmission is a class [A misdemeanor] D FELONY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08509-01-3
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