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Senate Bill S3951
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th 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
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S3951 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9503
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง140.05, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S3395, A213
2015-2016: A716
2011-S3951 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3951 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to trespass PURPOSE: Correlates to neighbors acting in good faith and upholding the cleanliness of a neighboring property. Defines protrusion of property and what constitutes it. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Article 140 of the Penal law , entitled Burglary and Related Offenses. Section 2 specifies the active date. JUSTIFICATION: The value of a neighboring home, or neighborhood, can be affected by the detrimental effects of a neighbor or multiple residents in the community who fail to clean up external factors knowingly disturbing their adjacent neighbor or the community as a whole. For example, the
2011-S3951 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3951 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 trespass THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 140.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 307 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: S 140.05. Trespass. A person is guilty of trespass when he knowingly: A. enters or remains unlawfully in or upon premises; OR B. PERMITS THE PROTRUSION OF: I. PERSONAL PROPERTY; II. A TREE, BUSH, SHRUB OR OTHER PLANTLIFE; OR III. WATER FROM A HOSE, SPRINKLER OR OTHER DEVICE IN OR UPON THE PREM- ISES OF ANOTHER. Trespass is a violation. 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. LBD00992-01-1
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