Assembly Bill A6975

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to preventing defendants from making any profit from their crimes

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2013-A6975 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1191
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง632-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3231
2011-2012: A9497, S4393
2015-2016: A1128, S2058

2013-A6975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to preventing defendants from making any profit from their crimes; includes instances where defendant pleads not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.

2013-A6975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6975

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a defendant profiting
  from his or her crime

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 632-a of the executive law,
as  amended by section 24 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,
paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 as amended by section 100 and the opening
paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by section 101 of
subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011,  are  amended  to
read as follows:
  1. For the purposes of this section:
  (a)  "Crime" means (i) any felony defined in the laws of the state; or
(ii) an offense in any jurisdiction which includes all of the  essential
elements  of  any  felony defined in the laws of this state and: (A) the
crime victim, as defined in subparagraph (i) of paragraph  (d)  of  this
subdivision,  was a resident of this state at the time of the commission
of the offense; or (B) the act or acts constituting the offense occurred
in whole or in part in this state.
  (b) "Profits from a crime" means (i) any property obtained through  or
income  generated  from the commission of a crime of which the defendant
was convicted OR FOUND, OR THE COURT ACCEPTS A PLEA OF, NOT  RESPONSIBLE
BY  REASON OF MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT; (ii) any property obtained by or
income generated from the sale, conversion or exchange of proceeds of  a
crime, including any gain realized by such sale, conversion or exchange;
and  (iii) any property which the defendant obtained or income generated
as a result of having committed the crime, including any assets obtained
through the use of unique knowledge obtained during the  commission  of,
or in preparation for the commission of, a crime, as well as any proper-
ty obtained by or income generated from the sale, conversion or exchange

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05656-01-3
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.