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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 07, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S1422
2011-2012 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
2011-S1422 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §155.35, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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2011-S1422 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1422 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to grand larceny in the third degree SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend section 155.35 of the Penal law (grand larceny in the third degree, a class 0 felony) by including within its provisions the taking of property, regardless of its nature and value, from persons sixty-five or older by those more than ten years younger than the victim. At present, such conduct is punishable pursuant to Penal Law § 155.30 (grand larceny in the fourth degree, a class E felony). JUSTIFICATION: The State Legislature has recently taken strong action to better protect the senior citizens of New York State by upgrading the crime of assault to a class D felony when it is committed against a person who is 65 years of age or older by another person who is more than ten years younger than the victim. The Legislature is to be commended for taking this reasonable and necessary step, but the corollary
2011-S1422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1422 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 grand larceny in the third degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 155.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: S 155.35 Grand larceny in the third degree. A person is guilty of grand larceny in the third degree when he or she steals property and: 1. when the value of the property exceeds three thousand dollars[,]; or 2. the property is an automated teller machine or the contents of an automated teller machine; OR 3. THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE AND VALUE, IS TAKEN FROM THE PERSON OF ANOTHER WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND THE ACTOR IS MORE THAN TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN SUCH PERSON. Grand larceny in the third degree is a class D felony. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04655-01-1
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