Assembly Bill A5127

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of public larceny

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  • 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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2019-A5127 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §155.00, add §§155.50, 155.55, 155.60, 155.65 & 155.70, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4156
2011-2012: A2940
2013-2014: A1483
2015-2016: A1290
2017-2018: A3667

2019-A5127 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of public larceny.

2019-A5127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5127
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   public larceny
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 155.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  "UNAUTHORIZED  PURCHASES" MEANS ANY PURCHASE MADE BY MEANS OF ANY
 CREDIT OR DEBIT CHARGE MADE AGAINST A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD  NOT  AUTHOR-
 IZED  BY  THE EMPLOYER WHO ISSUED THE CARD OR ANY PURCHASE MADE BY MEANS
 OF ANY CREDIT OR DEBIT CHARGE MADE AGAINST A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD ISSUED
 BY AN EMPLOYER NOT CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  AGREEMENT
 SIGNED BY THE EMPLOYEE WHEN THE CARD WAS ISSUED TO THE EMPLOYEE.
   §  2.  The  penal  law  is amended by adding five new sections 155.50,
 155.55, 155.60, 155.65 and 155.70 to read as follows:
 § 155.50 PUBLIC LARCENY IN THE FIFTH DEGREE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PUBLIC LARCENY IN THE FIFTH DEGREE  WHEN  HE  OR
 SHE  IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE
 OR A GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITY WITHIN THE STATE,  POSSESSING A CREDIT
 OR DEBIT CARD ISSUED BY HIS OR HER EMPLOYER AND THE PERSON  MAKES  UNAU-
 THORIZED  PURCHASES  USING  SUCH  CREDIT  OR  DEBIT  CARD  FOR GOODS AND
 SERVICES.
   PUBLIC LARCENY IN THE FIFTH DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
 § 155.55 PUBLIC LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PUBLIC LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE WHEN  HE  OR
 SHE  IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE
 OR A GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITY WITHIN THE STATE, POSSESSING A  CREDIT
 OR  DEBIT  CARD ISSUED BY HIS OR HER EMPLOYER AND THE PERSON MAKES UNAU-
 THORIZED PURCHASES USING  SUCH  CREDIT  OR  DEBIT  CARD  FOR  GOODS  AND
 SERVICES EXCEEDING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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