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NY A04671
Bill
Status
2/4/2011
Primary Sponsor
Peter Rivera
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AI Summary
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Makes possession of a cellular telephone by an inmate in a detention facility a Class D felony under "promoting prison contraband in the first degree"
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Creates new Class C felony of "provision of a cellular telephone to an inmate" prohibiting employees of detention facilities, the Division of Parole, and the Office of Mental Health from knowingly selling, exchanging, or giving cellular phones to confined persons
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Requires sentences for promoting prison contraband in the first degree involving cellular telephones to run consecutively to any existing or future terms of imprisonment
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Defines "cellular telephone" as any wireless communications device as defined in County Law Section 301(9)
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Takes effect November 1 following enactment
Legislative Description
Includes within the class D felony of promoting prison contraband in the first degree, the knowing and unlawful possession of a cellular telephone by a person confined in a detention facility; establishes the class C felony of provision of a cellular telephone to an inmate which prohibits a prison employee from providing a cellular telephone to an inmate.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/4/2012