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                                   8778
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the offenses of  hindering
   prosecution and conspiracy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 205.55 of the penal  law  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 205.55 Hindering prosecution in the third degree.
   A  person  is guilty of hindering prosecution in the third degree when
 he OR SHE renders criminal assistance to a person who  has  committed  a
 felony.
   Hindering prosecution in the third degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E
 FELONY.
   § 2. Section 205.60 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
 § 205.60 Hindering prosecution in the second degree.
   A  person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the second degree when
 he OR SHE renders criminal assistance to a person who  has  committed  a
 class B or class C felony.
   Hindering prosecution in the second degree is a class [E] D felony.
   § 3. Section 205.65 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 398 of the
 laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
 § 205.65 Hindering prosecution in the first degree.
   A  person  is guilty of hindering prosecution in the first degree when
 he OR SHE renders criminal assistance to a person who  has  committed  a
 class  A  felony,  knowing  or believing that such person has engaged in
 conduct constituting a class A felony.
   Hindering prosecution in the first degree is a class [D] B felony.
   § 4. Section 105.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 422 of the
 laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 § 105.05 Conspiracy in the fifth degree.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   A person is guilty of conspiracy in the fifth degree when, with intent
 that conduct constituting:
   1. a felony be performed, he OR SHE agrees with one or more persons to
 engage in or cause the performance of such conduct; or
   2.  a crime be performed, he OR SHE, being over eighteen years of age,
 agrees with one or more persons under sixteen years of age to engage  in
 or cause the performance of such conduct.
   Conspiracy in the fifth degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
   §  5.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 105.10 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 489 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Conspiracy in the fourth degree is a class [E] D felony.
   §  6.  Section 105.13 of the penal law, as added by chapter 422 of the
 laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 § 105.13 Conspiracy in the third degree.
   A person is guilty of conspiracy in the third degree when, with intent
 that conduct constituting a class B or a class C felony be performed, he
 OR SHE, being over eighteen years  of  age,  agrees  with  one  or  more
 persons under sixteen years of age to engage in or cause the performance
 of such conduct.
   Conspiracy in the third degree is a class [D] C felony.
   §  7.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.