Assembly Bill A1949

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the crime of fraud during a state disaster emergency

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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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2021-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §190.90, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10421

2021-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of fraud during a state disaster emergency, where a person is guilty of fraud during a state disaster emergency when he or she commits any fraud during a state disaster emergency utilizing false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises involving the disaster for which such state disaster emergency was declared.

2021-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1949
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of fraud  during
   a state disaster emergency
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.90  to
 read as follows:
 § 190.90 FRAUD DURING A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF FRAUD DURING A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY WHEN HE
 OR SHE COMMITS ANY CRIME DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE DURING A STATE DISASTER
 EMERGENCY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW  UTILIZING
 FALSE OR FRAUDULENT PRETENSES, REPRESENTATIONS OR PROMISES INVOLVING THE
 DISASTER,  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, FOR WHICH
 SUCH STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.
   FRAUD DURING A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06170-01-1

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