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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7720--B
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 31, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
          to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,  sec.  2
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended

          and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  stalking  in  the  fourth
          degree
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 120.45 of the penal law, as added by chapter 635 of
     2  the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 120.45 Stalking in the fourth degree.
     4    A person is guilty of stalking in the fourth degree  when  he  or  she
     5  intentionally,  and  for  no  legitimate purpose, engages in a course of
     6  conduct directed at a specific person, and knows  or  reasonably  should
     7  know that such conduct:
     8    1. is likely to cause reasonable fear of material harm to the physical
     9  health,  safety  or  property  of such person, a member of such person's
    10  immediate family or a third party with whom such person  is  acquainted;

    11  or
    12    2.  causes  material  harm  to  the mental or emotional health of such
    13  person, where such conduct consists of following, telephoning or  initi-
    14  ating  communication  or  contact  with  such  person,  a member of such
    15  person's immediate family or a third party  with  whom  such  person  is
    16  acquainted,  and the actor was previously clearly informed to cease that
    17  conduct; or
    18    3. is likely to cause such person to reasonably fear that his  or  her
    19  employment,  business  or  career  is  threatened,  where  such  conduct
    20  consists  of  appearing,  telephoning  or  initiating  communication  or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05409-07-4

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     1  contact  at such person's place of employment or business, and the actor
     2  was previously clearly informed to cease that conduct.
     3    For the purposes of subdivision two of this section, "following" shall
     4  include the unauthorized tracking of such person's movements or location
     5  through the use of a global positioning system or other device.
     6    Stalking in the fourth degree is a class B misdemeanor.
     7    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     8  have become a law.