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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2626
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2009-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง60.36, Pen L
2009-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2626 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to imposing mandatory minimum sentences of imprisonment upon persons convicted of theft offenses involving motor vehicles SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends the Penal Law by adding a new section 60.36 imposing mandatory minimum sentence of 6 months imprisonment upon persons convicted of theft offenses involving motor vehicles. JUSTIFICATION : Police statistics show that barely one percent of state prison inmates are doing time for.car theft, even though new laws double the maximum sentence for buying or selling a stolen vehicle. Senator Padavan's study of auto theft, "The Perfect Crime," former New York City police commissioner Lee Brown was quoted as saying "We're making the arrests, but as a rule, auto thieves don't do prison time." The Daily News recently quoted a car thief who bragged that he had been arrested 38 times but spent nominal time behind bars. Senator Padavan's 1999 follow-up report "The Perfect Crime - Another Look at Auto Theft" found dramatic declines in the number of vehicles reported stolen; however, New York City still experienced almost 10 times as many thefts (51,912) in 1997, as the second highest jurisdiction. Further, the clearance rate for these type of cases has hovered around 7% in
2009-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2626 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PADAVAN, LARKIN, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to imposing mandatory minimum sentences of imprisonment upon persons convicted of theft offenses involving motor vehicles 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 60.36 to read as follows: S 60.36 AUTHORIZED DISPOSITIONS; THEFT OFFENSES INVOLVING MOTOR VEHI- CLES. WHEN A PERSON IS TO BE SENTENCED UPON A CONVICTION OF THE CRIME OF GRAND LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION 155.30 OF THIS CHAPTER OR CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 165.45 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE COURT MUST SENTENCE THE DEFENDANT TO A MANDATORY MINI- MUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF SIX MONTHS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09421-01-9
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