A08505 Summary:
| BILL NO | A08505 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Curran |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add S52-a, Civ Rts L | |
| Relates to a private right of action for unwarranted surveillance of a neighbor. | |
A08505 Actions:
| BILL NO | A08505 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10/09/2015 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A08505 Committee Votes:
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Go to topA08505 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8505 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing private right of action for unwarranted surveillance of a neighbor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 2 52-a to read as follows: 3 § 52-a. Private right of action for unwarranted surveillance of a 4 neighbor. Any owner or tenant of residential real property shall have a 5 private right of action for damages against any person who installs any 6 fixed mounted camera or drone pointed in a neighbor's yard or in a 7 neighbor's window or windows without written consent of the surveilled 8 neighbor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any law 9 enforcement personnel engaged in the conduct of their authorized duties. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 11 have become a law, and shall apply to acts occurring on or after such 12 date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11799-01-5