Bill Text: NY S00051 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts the smartphone and tablet security act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-15 - PRINT NUMBER 51A [S00051 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S00051-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 51--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the smartphone and tablet security act The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "smart- 2 phone and tablet security act". 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 39-H 4 to read as follows: 5 ARTICLE 39-H 6 SMARTPHONE AND TABLET SECURITY ACT 7 Section 899-aaaa. Definitions. 8 899-bbbb. In general. 9 899-cccc. Enforcement. 10 § 899-aaaa. Definitions. As used in this article: 11 1. "Advanced mobile communication device" means any hardware technolo- 12 gy including, but not limited to, a cellular telephone, handheld comput- 13 er, tablet, or calendaring and messaging device with telephony func- 14 tions, that is capable of providing wireless internet access, in 15 addition to enabling voice communications using cellular radio telephone 16 service, as defined in section 22.99 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal 17 Regulations, or voice over internet protocol service, as defined in 18 section 9.3 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 19 2. "Commercial mobile service" means any mobile service provided for 20 profit as defined in subsection (d) of section 332 of Title 47 of the 21 Code of Federal Regulations. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01508-02-6