STATE OF NEW YORK
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3101
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2011
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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 § 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 § 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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