S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. QUART, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the
general business law, the penal law, and the vehicle and traffic law,
in relation to the criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near
school grounds; and to repeal section 220.44 of the penal law and
section 317 of the highway law relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 220.44 of the penal law is REPEALED.
§ 2. Section 317 of the highway law is REPEALED.
§ 3. Subparagraph i of paragraph 7 of subdivision a of section 9-131
of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chap-
ter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
i. a felony defined in any of the following sections of the penal law:
120.01, 120.02, 120.03, 120.04, 120.04-a(4), 120.05, 120.06, 120.07,
120.08, 120.09, 120.10, 120.11, 120.12, 120.13, 120.18, 120.25, 120.55,
120.60, 120.70, 121.12, 121.13, 125.10, 125.11, 125.12, 125.13, 125.14,
125.15, 125.20, 125.21, 125.22, 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 125.40, 125.45,
130.25, 130.30, 130.35, 130.40, 130.45, 130.50, 130.53, 130.65,
130.65-a, 130.66, 130.67, 130.70, 130.75, 130.80, 130.85, 130.90,
130.95, 130.96, 135.10, 135.20, 135.25, 135.35, 135.50, 135.65(2)(b),
140.17, 140.25, 140.30, 145.12, 150.05, 150.10, 150.15, 150.20, 160.05,
160.10, 160.15, 195.07, 195.08, 195.17, 215.11, 215.12, 215.13, 215.15,
215.16, 215.17, 215.51, 215.52, 220.18, 220.21, 220.28, 220.41, 220.43,
[220.44,] 220.48, 220.77, 230.05, 230.06, 230.19, 230.25(2), 230.30,
230.32, 230.33, 230.34, 230.34-a, 235.22, 240.06, 240.55, 240.60,
240.61, 240.62, 240.63, 240.75, 241.05, 255.26, 255.27, 260.25, 260.32,
260.34, 263.05, 263.10, 263.11, 263.15, 263.16, 263.30, 265.01-a,
265.01-b, 265.02(2) through (8), 265.03, 265.04, 265.08, 265.09, 265.10,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.14, 265.16, 265.17, 265.19, 265.35(2),
270.30, 270.35, 405.16(1), 405.18, 460.22, 470.21, 470.22, 470.23,
470.24, 490.10, 490.15, 490.20, 490.25, 490.30, 490.35, 490.37, 490.40,
490.45, 490.47, 490.50, or 490.55;
§ 4. Subparagraph i of paragraph 6 of subdivision a of section 14-154
of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chap-
ter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
i. a felony defined in any of the following sections of the penal law:
120.01, 120.02, 120.03, 120.04, 120.04-a(4), 120.05, 120.06, 120.07,
120.08, 120.09, 120.10, 120.11, 120.12, 120.13, 120.18, 120.25, 120.55,
120.60, 120.70, 121.12, 121.13, 125.10, 125.11, 125.12, 125.13, 125.14,
125.15, 125.20, 125.21, 125.22, 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 125.40, 125.45,
130.25, 130.30, 130.35, 130.40, 130.45, 130.50, 130.53, 130.65,
130.65-a, 130.66, 130.67, 130.70, 130.75, 130.80, 130.85, 130.90,
130.95, 130.96, 135.10, 135.20, 135.25, 135.35, 135.50, 135.65(2)(b),
140.17, 140.25, 140.30, 145.12, 150.05, 150.10, 150.15, 150.20, 160.05,
160.10, 160.15, 195.07, 195.08, 195.17, 215.11, 215.12, 215.13, 215.15,
215.16, 215.17, 215.51, 215.52, 220.18, 220.21, 220.28, 220.41, 220.43,
[220.44,] 220.48, 220.77, 230.05, 230.06, 230.19, 230.25(2), 230.30,
230.32, 230.33, 230.34, 230.34-a, 235.22, 240.06, 240.55, 240.60,
240.61, 240.62, 240.63, 240.75, 241.05, 255.26, 255.27, 260.25, 260.32,
260.34, 263.05, 263.10, 263.11, 263.15, 263.16, 263.30, 265.01-a,
265.01-b, 265.02 (2) through (8), 265.03, 265.04, 265.08, 265.09,
265.10, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.14, 265.16, 265.17, 265.19,
265.35(2), 270.30, 270.35, 405.16(l), 405.18, 460.22, 470.21, 470.22,
470.23, 470.24, 490.10, 490.15, 490.20, 490.25, 490.30, 490.35, 490.37,
490.40, 490.45, 490.47, 490.50, or 490.55;
§ 5. Subdivision 13 of section 89-f of the general business law, as
added by chapter 336 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
13. "Serious offense" shall mean any felony involving the offenses
enumerated in the closing paragraph of this subdivision; a criminal
solicitation of or a conspiracy to commit or an attempt to commit or a
criminal facilitation of a felony involving the offenses enumerated in
the closing paragraph of this subdivision, which criminal solicitation,
conspiracy, attempt or criminal facilitation itself constitutes a felony
or any offense in any other jurisdiction which if committed in this
state would constitute a felony; any offense in any other jurisdiction
which if committed in this state would constitute a felony provided that
for the purposes of this article, none of the following shall be consid-
ered criminal convictions or reported as such: (i) a conviction for
which an executive pardon has been issued pursuant to the executive law;
(ii) a conviction which has been vacated and replaced by a youthful
offender finding pursuant to article seven hundred twenty of the crimi-
nal procedure law, or the applicable provisions of law of any other
jurisdiction; or (iii) a conviction the records of which have been
sealed pursuant to the applicable provisions of the laws of this state
or of any other jurisdiction; and (iv) a conviction for which other
evidence of successful rehabilitation to remove the disability has been
issued.
Felonies involving: assault, aggravated assault and reckless endanger-
ment pursuant to article one hundred twenty; vehicular manslaughter,
manslaughter and murder pursuant to article one hundred twenty-five; sex
offenses pursuant to article one hundred thirty; unlawful imprisonment,
kidnapping or coercion pursuant to article one hundred thirty-five;
criminal trespass and burglary pursuant to article one hundred forty;
criminal mischief, criminal tampering and tampering with a consumer
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product pursuant to article one hundred forty-five; arson pursuant to
article one hundred fifty; larceny and offenses involving theft pursuant
to article one hundred fifty-five; offenses involving computers pursuant
to article one hundred fifty-six; robbery pursuant to article one
hundred sixty; criminal possession of stolen property pursuant to arti-
cle one hundred sixty-five; forgery and related offenses pursuant to
article one hundred seventy; involving false written statements pursuant
to article one hundred seventy-five; commercial bribing and commercial
bribe receiving pursuant to article one hundred eighty; criminal imper-
sonation and scheme to defraud pursuant to article one hundred ninety;
bribery involving public servants and related offenses pursuant to arti-
cle two hundred; perjury and related offenses pursuant to article two
hundred ten; tampering with a witness, intimidating a victim or witness
and tampering with physical evidence pursuant to article two hundred
fifteen; criminal possession of a controlled substance pursuant to
sections 220.06, 220.09, 220.16, 220.18 and 220.21; criminal sale of a
controlled substance pursuant to sections 220.31, 220.34, 220.39,
220.41[,] AND 220.43 [and 220.44]; criminal sale of marijuana pursuant
to sections 221.45, 221.50 and 221.55; riot in the first degree, aggra-
vated harassment in the first degree, criminal nuisance in the first
degree and falsely reporting an incident in the second or first degree
pursuant to article two hundred forty; and crimes against public safety
pursuant to article two hundred sixty-five of the penal law.
§ 6. Subdivision 21 of section 10.00 of the penal law, as added by
chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
21. "Drug trafficking felony" means any of the following offenses
defined in article two hundred twenty of this chapter: violation of use
of a child to commit a controlled substance offense as defined in
section 220.28; criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth
degree as defined in section 220.34; criminal sale of a controlled
substance in the third degree as defined in section 220.39; criminal
sale of a controlled substance in the second degree as defined in
section 220.41; criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first
degree as defined in section 220.43; [criminal sale of a controlled
substance in or near school grounds as defined in section 220.44;]
unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the second degree as defined
in section 220.74; unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the first
degree as defined in section 220.75; or operating as a major trafficker
as defined in section 220.77.
§ 7. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
70.70 of the penal law, as amended by section 21 of part AAA of chapter
56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(i) for a class B felony, the term shall be at least one year and
shall not exceed nine years, except that for the class B felony of crim-
inal sale of a controlled substance [in or near school grounds as
defined in subdivision two of section 220.44 of this chapter or] on a
school bus as defined in subdivision seventeen of section 220.00 of this
chapter or criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child as defined
in section 220.48 of this chapter, the term shall be at least two years
and shall not exceed nine years;
§ 8. Subdivision 8 of section 220.34 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
8. a controlled substance in violation of section 220.31 of this arti-
cle, when such sale takes place upon the grounds of a child day care or
educational facility under circumstances evincing knowledge by the
defendant that such sale is taking place upon such grounds. [As used in
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this subdivision, the phrase "the grounds of a child day care or educa-
tional facility" shall have the same meaning as provided for in subdivi-
sion five of section 220.44 of this article.] For the purposes of this
subdivision, a rebuttable presumption shall be established that a person
has knowledge that they are within the grounds of a child day care or
educational facility when notice is conspicuously posted of the presence
or proximity of such facility; or
§ 9. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 509-cc of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter 400 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The offenses referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of
subdivision one and paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section
that result in permanent disqualification shall include a conviction
under sections 100.13, 105.15, 105.17, 115.08, 120.12, 120.70, 125.10,
125.11, 130.40, 130.53, 130.60, 130.65-a, 135.20, 160.15, 220.18,
220.21, 220.39, 220.41, 220.43, [220.44,] 230.25, 260.00, 265.04 of the
penal law or an attempt to commit any of the aforesaid offenses under
section 110.00 of the penal law, or any offenses committed under a
former section of the penal law which would constitute violations of the
aforesaid sections of the penal law, or any offenses committed outside
this state which would constitute violations of the aforesaid sections
of the penal law.
§ 10. This act shall take effect immediately.