S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3101 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 24, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the crime of aggravated harassment of a public service answering point 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 240.33 to 2 read as follows: 3 S 240.33 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANSWERING POINT. 4 1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A PUBLIC SERVICE 5 ANSWERING POINT WHEN HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY MAKES A TELEPHONE CALL, 6 WHETHER OR NOT A CONVERSATION ENSUES, WITH NO PURPOSE OF LEGITIMATE 7 COMMUNICATION. 8 2. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "PUBLIC SERVICE ANSWERING POINT" 9 MEANS A COMMUNICATION FACILITY WHICH FIRST RECEIVES 911 CALLS FROM 10 PERSONS WITHIN A 911 SERVICE AREA AND WHICH MAY, AS APPROPRIATE, DIRECT- 11 LY DISPATCH THE SERVICES OF A PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY OR EXTEND, TRANSFER, 12 RELAY OR OTHERWISE ROUTE 911 CALLS TO THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC SAFETY 13 AGENCY. 14 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANSWERING POINT IS A CLASS E 15 FELONY. 16 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 17 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. LBD02040-01-1