Assembly Bill A7401

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the crime of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism

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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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2015-A7401 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2942
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§490.10 & 490.15, add §490.12, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5270
2013-2014: S3886
2017-2018: A3272, S956

2015-A7401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the crime of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism.

2015-A7401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7401

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 8, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  soliciting  or  providing
  support for an act of terrorism

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

  Section 1. Sections 490.10 and 490.15 of the penal law,  as  added  by
chapter 300 of the laws of 2001, are amended and a new section 490.12 is
added to read as follows:
S 490.10 Soliciting  or providing support for an act of terrorism in the
           [second] THIRD degree.
  A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terror-
ism in the [second] THIRD degree when, with intent that material support
or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare,  carry
out  or  aid  in either an act of terrorism or the concealment of, or an
escape from, an act of terrorism, he or she raises,  solicits,  collects
or provides material support or resources.
  Soliciting  or  providing  support  for  an  act  of  terrorism in the
[second] THIRD degree is a class D felony.
S 490.12 SOLICITING OR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR AN ACT OF TERRORISM IN  THE
           SECOND DEGREE.
  A PERSON COMMITS SOLICITING OR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR AN ACT OF TERROR-
ISM  IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF SOLICITING
OR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR AN ACT OF TERRORISM IN  THE  THIRD  DEGREE,  AS
DEFINED  IN SECTION 490.10 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF MATE-
RIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES EXCEEDS ONE THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  OR  THE  TOTAL
VALUE  OF MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES IS IN ANY AMOUNT AND SUCH SOLIC-
ITING OR PROVIDING INVOLVES THE USE OF A CREDIT CARD.
  SOLICITING OR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR AN ACT OF TERRORISM IN THE  SECOND
DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02465-01-5

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