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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 22, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A2940
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-A2940 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A2940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2940 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal tampering with a taximeter THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 145.75 to read as follows: S 145.75 TAMPERING WITH A TAXIMETER. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "TAXIMETER" MEANS AN INSTRUMENT OR DEVICE THAT AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATES AND DISPLAYS THE CHARGE TO A PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE THAT IS LICENSED TO TRANSPORT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR HIRE PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "TAXIMETER ACCELERATING DEVICE" MEANS AN INSTRUMENT OR DEVICE THAT CAUSES A TAXIMETER TO INCREASE THE CHARGE DISPLAYED BY THE TAXIMETER TO AN AMOUNT ABOVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PERMITTED BY LOCAL LAW. 3. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF TAMPERING WITH A TAXIMETER WHEN, WITH INTENT TO INCREASE THE FARE DISPLAYED BY A TAXIMETER TO AN AMOUNT ABOVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PERMITTED BY LOCAL LAW, HE OR SHE TAMPERS WITH SUCH TAXIMETER OR ATTACHES OR OTHERWISE USES A TAXIMETER ACCELERATING DEVICE TO CAUSE ANY SIGNAL, IMPULSE OR DATA TO BE FED INTO OR TRANSMITTED TO SUCH TAXIMETER. TAMPERING WITH A TAXIMETER IS A CLASS E FELONY. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00802-01-3
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