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                                   7890
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SLATER, REILLY -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law  and  the  general  business  law,  in
   relation  to requiring wireless communication method service providers
   disable services to stolen wireless communication methods

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Detective Brian Simonsen's law".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  845-e  to
 read as follows:
   §  845-E. NOTIFICATION OF STOLEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS. WHEN-
 EVER ANY POLICE OFFICER DESIGNATED  IN  SECTION  1.20  OF  THE  CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE LAW OR A PEACE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 2.10 OF SUCH LAW,
 ACTING  PURSUANT  TO HIS OR HER SPECIAL DUTIES, IS MADE AWARE A WIRELESS
 COMMUNICATION METHOD HAS BEEN STOLEN OR IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN,
 SUCH OFFICER SHALL:
   1. WHERE THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD IS  A  WIRELESS  TELEPHONE,
 NOTIFY  THE  BUSINESS  ENTITY  WHICH  WAS PROVIDING SUCH STOLEN WIRELESS
 TELEPHONE WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICES AND HAVE SUCH SERVICES  DISCONTIN-
 UED;
   2.  WHERE THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD IS AN INTERNATIONAL MOBILE
 IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFY THE BUSINESS ENTITY  WHICH  WAS  PROVIDING
 SUCH  INTERNATIONAL  MOBILE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND HAVE SUCH SERVICES
 DISCONTINUED;
   3. WHERE THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD IS AN INTERNATIONAL  MOBILE
 EQUIPMENT  IDENTITY NUMBER, NOTIFY THE BUSINESS ENTITY WHICH WAS PROVID-
 ING SUCH INTERNATIONAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT IDENTITY NUMBER  AND  HAVE  SUCH
 SERVICES DISCONTINUED; AND
   4.  WHERE THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD IS AN INTERNATIONAL MOBILE
 SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY NUMBER, NOTIFY THE BUSINESS ENTITY WHICH WAS PROVID-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ING SUCH INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY NUMBER AND  HAVE  SUCH
 SERVICES DISCONTINUED.
   §  3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
 eee to read as follows:
   § 399-EEE. DISABLING OF  SERVICES  TO  STOLEN  WIRELESS  COMMUNICATION
 METHODS.  1.  DISABLING  OF  WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICES.   WHENEVER ANY
 POLICE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE  LAW
 OR A PEACE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 2.10 OF SUCH LAW, ACTING PURSU-
 ANT  TO  HIS  OR HER SPECIAL DUTIES, NOTIFIES ANY PERSON, FIRM, PARTNER-
 SHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,  CORPORATION,  OR  OTHER
 BUSINESS  ENTITY  PROVIDING WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICES, AS SUCH TERM IS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  TWELVE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE-C  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, THAT A TELEPHONE USING
 SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY'S WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICES HAS BEEN STOLEN, SUCH
 BUSINESS ENTITY SHALL CEASE WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICES TO  SUCH  STOLEN
 TELEPHONE.
   2.  DISABLING  OF  STOLEN INTERNATIONAL MOBILE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS.
 WHENEVER ANY POLICE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 1.20 OF  THE  CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE LAW OR A PEACE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 2.10 OF SUCH LAW,
 ACTING PURSUANT TO HIS OR HER SPECIAL DUTIES, NOTIFIES ANY PERSON, FIRM,
 PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY, CORPORATION, OR
 OTHER BUSINESS  ENTITY  PROVIDING  INTERNATIONAL  MOBILE  IDENTIFICATION
 SYSTEMS THAT ONE OF SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY'S SYSTEMS HAS BEEN STOLEN, SUCH
 BUSINESS ENTITY SHALL CEASE SERVICES TO SUCH STOLEN SYSTEM.
   3.  DISABLING OF STOLEN INTERNATIONAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT IDENTITY NUMBER
 (IMEI). WHENEVER ANY POLICE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION  1.20  OF  THE
 CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE LAW OR A PEACE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 2.10 OF
 SUCH LAW, ACTING PURSUANT TO HIS OR HER  SPECIAL  DUTIES,  NOTIFIES  ANY
 PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,
 CORPORATION, OR OTHER BUSINESS  ENTITY  PROVIDING  INTERNATIONAL  MOBILE
 EQUIPMENT  IDENTITY  NUMBERS  (IMEI)  THAT ONE OF SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY'S
 NUMBERS HAS BEEN STOLEN, SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY SHALL  CEASE  SERVICES  TO
 SUCH STOLEN NUMBER.
   4.  DISABLING  OF  STOLEN  INTERNATIONAL  MOBILE  SUBSCRIBER  IDENTITY
 NUMBER.  WHENEVER ANY POLICE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 1.20  OF  THE
 CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE LAW OR A PEACE OFFICER DESIGNATED IN SECTION 2.10 OF
 SUCH LAW, ACTING PURSUANT TO HIS OR HER  SPECIAL  DUTIES,  NOTIFIES  ANY
 PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,
 CORPORATION, OR OTHER BUSINESS  ENTITY  PROVIDING  INTERNATIONAL  MOBILE
 SUBSCRIBER  IDENTITY  NUMBERS THAT ONE OF SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY'S NUMBERS
 HAS BEEN STOLEN, SUCH BUSINESS  ENTITY  SHALL  CEASE  SERVICES  TO  SUCH
 STOLEN NUMBER.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.