Assembly Bill A5474

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to arson in the first degree

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A5474 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2950
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง150.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5917, S503
2013-2014: A6184, S4162
2015-2016: A9681, S3480
2017-2018: A3161, S2616
2019-2020: A7175, S396
2021-2022: A6793, S5680
2023-2024: S4610

2011-A5474 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a person is guilty of arson in the first degree when he intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle by causing an explosion or a fire and when such explosion or fire is accelerated by use of ignitable liquid or flammable gas.

2011-A5474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5474

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to arson in the first degree

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 150.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 950
of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
S 150.20 Arson in the first degree.
  1. A person is guilty of arson in the  first  degree  when  he  inten-
tionally  damages a building or motor vehicle by causing an explosion or
a fire and when (a) such explosion or fire is caused by  OR  ACCELERATED
BY  USE  OF  IGNITABLE  LIQUID  OR FLAMMABLE GAS OR an incendiary device
propelled, thrown [or], placed OR  OTHERWISE  DISPERSED  OR  DISTRIBUTED
inside or near such building or motor vehicle; or when such explosion or
fire  is  caused  by an explosive; or when such explosion or fire either
(i) causes serious physical  injury  to  another  person  other  than  a
participant,  or (ii) the explosion or fire was caused with the expecta-
tion or receipt of financial advantage or pecuniary profit by the actor;
and when (b) another person who is not a participant  in  the  crime  is
present  in  such  building  or  motor  vehicle at the time; and (c) the
defendant knows that fact or the circumstances are such as to render the
presence of such person therein a reasonable possibility.
  2. As used in this section, "incendiary  device"  means  a  [breakable
container]   DEVICE   designed   to  [explode  or]  produce  uncontained
combustion [upon impact, containing flammable liquid and having  a  wick
or  a  similar  device  capable of being ignited] OR USED AS A SOURCE OF
IGNITION.
  Arson in the first degree is a class A-I felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02102-01-1

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