Assembly Bill A1533

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates the crimes of tampering with electronic monitoring equipment in the first and second degree

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2019-A1533 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1212
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§145.75 & 145.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9510, S5422
2015-2016: A1699, S2305
2017-2018: A1676, S759
2021-2022: S1896
2023-2024: S7316

2019-A1533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crimes of tampering with electronic monitoring equipment in the first and second degrees.

2019-A1533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1533
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, STIRPE, STECK, OTIS, ABBATE, GUNTHER,
   BLAKE,  MOSLEY, PICHARDO, ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A.  COOK, HEVESI, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  creating  the  crime  of
   tampering with electronic monitoring equipment

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections  145.75
 and 145.80 to read as follows:
 § 145.75 TAMPERING  WITH  ELECTRONIC  MONITORING EQUIPMENT IN THE SECOND
            DEGREE.
   1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "ELECTRONIC  MONITORING  EQUIPMENT"
 MEANS  AN  INSTRUMENT  OR DEVICE UTILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF SECTION 65.10 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC  MONITORING  EQUIP-
 MENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, HAVING NO RIGHT TO DO SO NOR ANY REASON-
 ABLE  GROUND TO BELIEVE THAT HE OR SHE HAS SUCH RIGHT, HE OR SHE TAMPERS
 WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT, OR  DAMAGES  OR  OTHERWISE  ALTERS
 SUCH  ELECTRONIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT IN AN EFFORT TO INTERFERE WITH ANY
 SIGNAL, IMPULSE OR DATA BEING TRANSMITTED BY SUCH ELECTRONIC  MONITORING
 EQUIPMENT.
   TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS
 A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
 § 145.80 TAMPERING  WITH  ELECTRONIC  MONITORING  EQUIPMENT IN THE FIRST
            DEGREE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC  MONITORING  EQUIP-
 MENT  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE  WHEN, AS PART OF COMMITTING TAMPERING WITH
 ELECTRONIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  145.75 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PERSON ALSO COMMITS A CRIME THAT IS
 CLASSIFIED AS A CLASS A OR CLASS B FELONY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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