Assembly Bill A7179

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the damage of a building or motor vehicle caused by fire or explosion in the course of the commission of a felony

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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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2019-A7179 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3927
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§150.05 & 150.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10540, S7199
2021-2022: A1069, S5359
2023-2024: A2008, S1004

2019-A7179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that a person is guilty of arson when he damages a building or motor vehicle by fire or explosion in the course of the commission or attempted commission of a felony.

2019-A7179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7179
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, COLTON, D'URSO, SAYEGH -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the causation of a fire or
   explosion during the course of committing or attempting  to  commit  a
   controlled substance felony

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 150.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  225
 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
 § 150.05 Arson in the fourth degree.
   1. A person is guilty of arson in the fourth degree when he:
   (A)  recklessly  damages  a building or motor vehicle by intentionally
 starting a fire or causing an explosion[.]; OR
   (B) DAMAGES A BUILDING OR MOTOR VEHICLE BY FIRE OR BY EXPLOSION IN THE
 COURSE OF THE COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED COMMISSION OF A FELONY AS  DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense
 that  no person other than the defendant had a possessory or proprietary
 interest in the building or motor vehicle.
   Arson in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
   § 2. Section 150.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 225 of the
 laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
 § 150.10 Arson in the third degree.
   1. A person is guilty of arson in the third degree when he:
   (A) intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle  by  starting  a
 fire or causing an explosion[.]; OR
   (B)  RECKLESSLY  DAMAGES  A  BUILDING  OR  MOTOR VEHICLE BY FIRE OR BY
 EXPLOSION IN THE COURSE OF THE COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED COMMISSION  OF  A
 FELONY AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense
 that (a) no person other than the defendant had a possessory or proprie-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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