Assembly Bill A10216

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the fine on certain individuals who commit the crime of criminal contempt in the first degree

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A10216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §80.00, Pen L

2023-A10216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the fine on individuals who commit the crime of criminal contempt in the first degree to up to $150,000 if such crime was wilfully committed persistently and/or egregiously as determined by the court.

2023-A10216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10216
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  increasing  the  fine  on
   certain  individuals  who commit the crime of criminal contempt in the
   first degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 80.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. WHEN A COURT IMPOSES A FINE ON  A  DEFENDANT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 215.51  OF THIS CHAPTER, AND WHERE SUCH DEFENDANT HAS WILFULLY COMMITTED
 SUCH CRIME PERSISTENTLY AND/OR EGREGIOUSLY AS DETERMINED BY  THE  COURT,
 THE  AMOUNT OF THE FINE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION MAY BE INCREASED TO A TOTAL AMOUNT OF  UP  TO  ONE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15436-02-4

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