Bill Text: NY S02737 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the crime of unauthorized radio transmission to include those who broadcast radio transmissions without obtaining a license to do so from the FCC; makes it a class D felony punishable by imprisonment and a fine.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-11 - PRINT NUMBER 2737A [S02737 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02737-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2737
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 31, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SALAND -- 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 prohibition against  unau-
         thorized radio transmissions
         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 190.72  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 190.72 UNAUTHORIZED RADIO TRANSMISSION.
    4    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  UNAUTHORIZED  RADIO  TRANSMISSION WHEN SUCH
    5  PERSON:
    6    1. KNOWINGLY MAKES OR CAUSES TO BE MADE A RADIO TRANSMISSION  IN  THIS
    7  STATE  WITHOUT  FIRST  HAVING  OBTAINED  A  LICENSE OR AN EXEMPTION FROM
    8  LICENSURE FROM THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OR OTHER APPLICABLE
    9  FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION; OR
   10    2. ACTS, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR  INDIRECTLY,  TO  CAUSE  AN  UNAUTHORIZED
   11  RADIO  TRANSMISSION  TO,  OR  INTERFERENCE  WITH, A PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL
   12  RADIO STATION LICENSED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  OR  TO
   13  ENABLE THE RADIO TRANSMISSION OR INTERFERENCE TO OCCUR.
   14    A  PERSON CONVICTED OF UNAUTHORIZED RADIO TRANSMISSION SHALL BE GUILTY
   15  OF A CLASS D 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.
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