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S07289 Summary:

BILL NO	S07289
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	CARLUCCI
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §70-b, Gen Muni L
Prohibits any municipal corporation or other government entity from paying ransom in the event of a cyber-attack against such municipal corporation's or government entity's critical infrastructure.

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S07289 Actions:

BILL NO	S07289
01/16/2020	REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
03/09/2020	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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S07289 Committee Votes:

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S07289 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7289
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 16, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
          the paying of ransom in the event of a cyber-attack
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 70-b to read as follows:
     3    §  70-b. Payment of ransom; cyber-attack.  No municipal corporation or
     4  other government entity shall pay ransom in the event of a  cyber-attack
     5  against such municipal corporation or such government entity. As used in
     6  this section the term "cyber-attack" shall mean a virtual attack against
     7  the  critical  infrastructure, as defined in subdivision five of section
     8  eighty-six of the public officers law, of  a  municipal  corporation  or
     9  other government entity.
    10    § 2. This act shall tale effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14847-01-0

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