Assembly Bill A8562

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he or she steals property and is in possession of an anti-security item

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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-A8562 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S527
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง155.30 & 170.47, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1276, S33
2013-2014: A1895, A8684, S741, S6474
2015-2016: A3733, S1849
2017-2018: A7472, S176

2011-A8562 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he or she steals property and is in possession of an anti-security item; makes criminal possession of an anti-security item a class A misdemeanor.

2011-A8562 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  8562

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. GIBSON, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, P. RIVERA, MILLMAN,
  CASTRO, HOOPER, GUNTHER, GABRYSZAK, BOYLAND -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --
  M.  of  A. ABBATE, COLTON, HIKIND, McENENY, STEVENSON -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the possession of anti-se-
  curity items

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

  Section  1. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12. THE PROPERTY IS TAKEN BY A PERSON  WHO  IS  IN  POSSESSION  OF  AN
ANTI-SECURITY ITEM. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION AN "ANTI-SECUR-
ITY  ITEM"  IS DEFINED AS AN ITEM DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OVERCOMING
DETECTION OF SECURITY MARKINGS OR ATTACHMENTS PLACED ON PROPERTY OFFERED
FOR SALE AT SUCH AN ESTABLISHMENT.
  S 2. Section 170.47 of the penal law, as added by chapter 580  of  the
laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
S 170.47 Criminal possession of an anti-security item.
  A  person  is  guilty of criminal possession of an anti-security item,
when with intent to steal property at a retail mercantile  establishment
as defined in article twelve-B of the general business law, he knowingly
possesses  in  such an establishment an item designed for the purpose of
overcoming detection of security markings or attachments placed on prop-
erty offered for sale at such an establishment.
  Criminal possession of an anti-security item is a class [B]  A  misde-
meanor.
  S 3. 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.
                                                           LBD00388-01-1

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