STATE OF NEW YORK
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5918
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
November 4, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
unlawful purchase, sale or possession of a license plate hiding device
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 165.75 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 165.75 Unlawful purchase, sale or possession of a license plate hiding
4 device.
5 A person is guilty of unlawful purchase, sale or possession of a
6 license plate hiding device when he or she knowingly purchases, sells or
7 possesses any device or apparatus with the intent to use such device or
8 apparatus to hide the appearance of a license plate from an E-ZPass or
9 any other toll booth camera.
10 Unlawful purchase, sale or possession of a license plate hiding device
11 is a class A misdemeanor.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
13 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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