Criminal possession of a taximeter accelerating device
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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 such taximeter to an amount greater than the maximum amount permitted by local law.
3. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a taximeter accelerating device when he knowingly possesses, with intent to use unlawfully, a taximeter accelerating device. If such a device is knowingly possessed there is a rebuttable presumption that it is intended to be used unlawfully.
Criminal possession of a taximeter accelerating device is a .
Simplified explanation
Criminal possession of a taximeter accelerating device is knowingly possessing a device that makes a taxi meter charge more than local law permits, intending to use it unlawfully; it is a class A misdemeanor.