Assembly Bill A7198

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes community centers in the definition of "public place"

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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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2017-A7198 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5512
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240.00 & 485.05, Pen L

2017-A7198 - Summary

Includes community centers in the definition of "public place".

2017-A7198 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7198
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, MORELLE, ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY, COOK, ABBATE,
   COLTON,  D'URSO,  GALEF,  GJONAJ,  HARRIS, HUNTER, JEAN-PIERRE, JONES,
   JOYNER, MOYA, NIOU, ORTIZ, SKOUFIS, THIELE, LUPINACCI, McDONOUGH, RAIA
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, DE LA ROSA, GUNTHER, HIKIND,
   MAGEE, McKEVITT, SIMON -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
   Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to hate crimes and community
   centers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 240.00 of the penal law is amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  "Public  place" means a place to which the public or a substantial
 group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to,  high-
 ways,  transportation  facilities,  schools, places of amusement, parks,
 playgrounds, COMMUNITY CENTERS, and hallways, lobbies and other portions
 of apartment houses and hotels  not  constituting  rooms  or  apartments
 designed for actual residence.
   §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 405 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 provisions of  this  chapter:  section  120.00  (assault  in  the  third
 degree);  section  120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10
 (assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a
 person less than eleven years old);  section  120.13  (menacing  in  the
 first  degree);  section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section
 120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20  (reckless  endan-
 germent  in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in
 the first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second  degree);
 section  121.13  (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision one of
 section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A7198A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5512
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240.00 & 485.05, Pen L

2017-A7198A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes community centers in the definition of "public place".

2017-A7198A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7198--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, MORELLE, ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY, COOK, ABBATE,
   COLTON,  D'URSO,  GALEF,  GJONAJ,  HARRIS, HUNTER, JEAN-PIERRE, JONES,
   JOYNER, MOYA, NIOU,  ORTIZ,  SKOUFIS,  THIELE,  LUPINACCI,  McDONOUGH,
   RAIA, M. L. MILLER, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH,
   DE LA ROSA,  GUNTHER,  HIKIND, MAGEE, McKEVITT, SIMON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee  on  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  penal  law,  in  relation  to  including  community
   centers in the definition of "public place"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 240.00 of the penal law is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. "Public place" means a place to which the public or  a  substantial
 group  of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, high-
 ways, transportation facilities, schools, places  of  amusement,  parks,
 playgrounds, COMMUNITY CENTERS, and hallways, lobbies and other portions
 of  apartment  houses  and  hotels  not constituting rooms or apartments
 designed for actual residence.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD10752-02-7

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