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S02318 Summary:

BILL NO	S02318
SAME AS	SAME AS A07889
SPONSOR	YOUNG
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S52-a, Civ Rts L
Establishes a private right of action for owners and tenants of residential premises against persons video taping recreational activities in the backyard of such premises.

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S02318 Actions:

BILL NO	S02318
01/22/2015	REFERRED TO CODES
05/18/2015	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
05/18/2015	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.715
05/19/2015	PASSED SENATE
05/19/2015	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/19/2015	referred to judiciary
01/06/2016	died in assembly
01/06/2016	returned to senate
01/06/2016	REFERRED TO CODES
06/01/2016	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/01/2016	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1217
06/09/2016	PASSED SENATE
06/09/2016	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/09/2016	referred to judiciary

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S02318 Committee Votes:

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S02318 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2318
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 22, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the  civil  rights  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
          private  right  of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential
          premises
 
          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 video imaging of resi-
     4  dential premises. 1. Any owner or tenant of  residential  real  property
     5  shall  have a private right of action for damages against any person who
     6  installs or affixes a video imaging device on  property  adjoining  such
     7  residential  real  property  for  the purpose of video taping the recre-
     8  ational activities which occur in the backyard of the  residential  real
     9  property  without  the  written  consent  thereto  of  such owner and/or
    10  tenant. The provisions of this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  law
    11  enforcement personnel engaged in the conduct of their authorized duties.
    12    2.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  "backyard" shall mean that
    13  portion of the parcel on which  residential  real  property  is  located
    14  which  extends  beyond  the  rear  footprint of the residential dwelling
    15  situate thereon, and to the side and  rear  boundaries  of  such  parcel
    16  extending beyond the rear footprint of such residential dwelling.
    17    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    18  have become a law, and shall apply to acts occurring on  or  after  such
    19  date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06038-01-5

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