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PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title N - Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
Article 240 - Offenses Against Public Order
240.77 - Directing a Laser at an Aircraft in the First Degree.
Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 240.77 (2021)
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§ 240.77 Directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree.A person is guilty of directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of directing a laser at an aircraft in the second degree in violation of section 240.76 of this article and thereby causes a significant change of course or other serious disruption to the safe travel of an aircraft that threatens the physical safety of the aircraft's passengers or crew.
Directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree is a class E felony.
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