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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A6570
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PRETLOW
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2019-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §220.00, add §220.44-a, Pen L; amd §317, Hway L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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A2181
2019-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates a drug free zone for senior citizen residential grounds by prohibiting the criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near any residential building, structure, facility, community or land contained within any such area, that is occupied or designated for occupancy by persons who are at least 65 years of age; defines such criminal sale as a class B felony; permits certain political subdivisions to place signs in certain highway locations indicating a drug free zone in connection with senior citizen residential grounds.
2019-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6570 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law and the highway law, in relation to creat- ing a drug free zone for senior citizen residential grounds THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 220.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows: 14-A. "SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTIAL GROUNDS" MEANS (A) IN OR ON OR WITH- IN ANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, STRUCTURE, FACILITY, COMMUNITY OR LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE OF ANY SUCH AREAS OCCU- PIED BY OR DESIGNATED FOR OCCUPANCY BY PERSONS WHO ARE AT LEAST SIXTY- FIVE YEARS OF AGE, OR (B) ANY AREA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE COMPRISING ANY AREA DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR ANY PARKED AUTOMOBILE OR OTHER PARKED VEHICLE LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE COMPRISING ANY AREA DESCRIBED IN PARA- GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN "AREA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC" SHALL MEAN ANY AREA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SIDEWALKS, STREETS, PARKING LOTS, PARKS AND PLACES OF BUSINESS. § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.44-a to read as follows: § 220.44-A CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN OR NEAR SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTIAL GROUNDS. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN OR NEAR SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTIAL GROUNDS WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY SELLS: 1. A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF ANY ONE OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE THROUGH SIX-A OF SECTION 220.34 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SUCH SALE TAKES PLACE UPON SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTIAL GROUNDS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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