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                                   3858
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, KELLES, LEVENBERG, GLICK, JACOBSON, BORES,
   SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to fines for corporations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 80.10 of the penal law, as amended
 by section 28 of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of  2014,
 paragraphs  (a) and (b) as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 2023, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. In general. A sentence to pay a fine, when imposed on a corporation
 for an offense defined in this chapter or for an offense defined outside
 this chapter for which no special corporate fine is specified, shall  be
 a sentence to pay an amount, fixed by the court, not exceeding:
   (a) [Ten] EIGHTY thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a felony;
 provided,  however, that when the conviction is pursuant to subparagraph
 (iv) of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section 20.20 of this  chap-
 ter,  such  fine  shall  be fixed by the court and shall be no more than
 five hundred thousand dollars;
   (b) [Five] FORTY thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a class A
 misdemeanor or of an unclassified misdemeanor for which a term of impri-
 sonment in excess of three months is authorized; provided, however, that
 when the conviction is pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (c) of
 subdivision two of section 20.20 of this chapter,  such  fine  shall  be
 fixed  by  the  court  and  shall be no more than three hundred thousand
 dollars;
   (c) [Two] FIFTEEN thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a  class
 B misdemeanor or of an unclassified misdemeanor for which the authorized
 term of imprisonment is not in excess of three months;
   (d)  [Five hundred] FOUR THOUSAND dollars, when the conviction is of a
 violation;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (e) Any higher amount not exceeding [double] THREE TIMES the amount of
 the corporation's gain from the commission of the  offense  or,  if  the
 corporation  is  convicted  of  a  crime defined in article four hundred
 ninety-six of this chapter, any higher amount not exceeding three  times
 the  amount  of  the  corporation's  gain  from  the  commission of such
 offense.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.