STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1500	By:	Shelton

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; defining term; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 839.4 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Any first responder who, while acting in the scope and course of employment, uses the camera or video function of a personal electronic device to capture images or video of an accident scene and subsequently disseminates, distributes or discloses such images or video in any manner to another person without having obtained prior written authorization from the employer of the first responder shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
B.  As used in this section, “first responder” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel and emergency medical personnel who are the first to arrive at the scene of an incident.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-5123	GRS	01/03/11