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Jun 21, 2017 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.2123 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 03, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S4898
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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Votes
2017-S4898 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S4898 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4898 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of criminal street gang recruitment of a minor PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Creates the crime of criminal street gang recruitment of a minor. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends Section 460.10 of the Penal Law by adding a new subdivision 5. Definitions: "Criminal street gang" means any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, having as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more criminal acts, which has an identifiable name or identifying sign or symbol, and whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in criminal street activity. Section 2. Amends the Penal Law by adding a new section 460.65. Criminal street gang recruitment of a minor. A person is guilty of criminal street gang recruitment of a minor when he or she coerces, solicits, recruits or induces a person under sixteen years of age to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do
2017-S4898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4898 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- 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 the crime of criminal street gang recruitment of a minor THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 460.10 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. "CRIMINAL STREET GANG" MEANS ANY ONGOING ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION, OR GROUP OF THREE OR MORE PERSONS, WHETHER FORMAL OR INFORMAL, HAVING AS ONE OF ITS PRIMARY ACTIVITIES THE COMMISSION OF ONE OR MORE CRIMINAL ACTS, WHICH HAS AN IDENTIFIABLE NAME OR IDENTIFYING SIGN OR SYMBOL, AND WHOSE MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY ENGAGE IN OR HAVE ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 460.65 to read as follows: § 460.65 CRIMINAL STREET GANG RECRUITMENT OF A MINOR. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG RECRUITMENT OF A MINOR WHEN HE OR SHE COERCES, SOLICITS, RECRUITS OR INDUCES A PERSON UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE TO JOIN OR REMAIN A MEMBER OF A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, OR CONSPIRES TO DO SO. CRIMINAL STREET GANG RECRUITMENT OF A MINOR IS A CLASS C FELONY. § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07294-01-7
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