Senate Bill S5232

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Creates class E felony of false personation at a transportation facility or public place for the knowing misrepresentation of personal information to gain access

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  • Introduced
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2011-S5232 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§190.00, 190.26, 155.35 & 190.25, add §190.24, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4776
2013-2014: S759, S6396

2011-S5232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates class E felony of false personation at a transportation facility or public place as the knowing misrepresentation of one's name, address or date of birth to another person with intent to gain access to that portion of a public place or transportation facility, admission to which requires proof of identity; includes within the class E felony of criminal impersonation in the first degree the impersonation of another person with intent to gain access to that portion of a public place or transportation facility, admission to which requires proof of identity.

2011-S5232 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5232

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. FUSCHILLO, JOHNSON, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
  the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to false personation and
  impersonation committed to gain admission to a transportation facility
  or public place and impersonation of a pilot or member of an  aviation
  flight  or ground crew; and in relation to including theft of an offi-
  cial law enforcement or fire department identification under the crime
  of grand larceny in the third degree

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The section heading of section 190.00 of the penal law is
amended and two new subdivisions 8 and 9 are added to read as follows:
  [Issuing a bad check] OTHER FRAUDS; definitions of terms.
  8. "PUBLIC PLACE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS ASCRIBED  TO  SUCH
TERM BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 240.00 OF THIS PART.
  9.  "TRANSPORTATION  FACILITY"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS IS
ASCRIBED TO SUCH TERM BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 240.00 OF THIS PART.
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.24  to  read
as follows:
S 190.24 FALSE PERSONATION AT A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY OR PUBLIC PLACE.
  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF FALSE PERSONATION AT A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY
OR PUBLIC PLACE WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENTS HIS OR HER ACTUAL
NAME, DATE OF BIRTH OR ADDRESS TO ANOTHER  PERSON  WITH  THE  INTENT  TO
OBTAIN ADMITTANCE INTO OR UPON THAT PORTION OF A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY
OR PUBLIC PLACE, ADMISSION TO WHICH REQUIRES PROOF OF IDENTITY.
  FALSE  PERSONATION  AT  A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY OR PUBLIC PLACE IS A
CLASS E FELONY.
  S 3. Section 190.26 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 2  of  the
laws  of  1998,  subdivision  1 as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of
2008, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00101-01-1
              

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