Bill Text: NY S05918 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the crime of unlawful purchase, sale or possession of a license plate hiding device.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO RULES [S05918 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05918-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5918
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   November 4, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
         unlawful purchase, sale or possession of a license plate hiding device
         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 165.75  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 165.75 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE, SALE OR POSSESSION OF A LICENSE PLATE HIDING
    4             DEVICE.
    5    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  UNLAWFUL  PURCHASE, SALE OR POSSESSION OF A
    6  LICENSE PLATE HIDING DEVICE WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY PURCHASES, SELLS OR
    7  POSSESSES ANY DEVICE OR APPARATUS WITH THE INTENT TO USE SUCH DEVICE  OR
    8  APPARATUS  TO  HIDE THE APPEARANCE OF A LICENSE PLATE FROM AN E-ZPASS OR
    9  ANY OTHER TOLL BOOTH CAMERA.
   10    UNLAWFUL PURCHASE, SALE OR POSSESSION OF A LICENSE PLATE HIDING DEVICE
   11  IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   13  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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