Senate Bill S3274

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the penalty for robbery of property from a bank; makes the crime a class C felony

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Banks 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-S3274 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Banks
Law Section:
Banking Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§592 & 592-a, Bank L; amd §160.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4194
2013-2014: S3559
2015-2016: S2715
2017-2018: S2421
2019-2020: S3777
2021-2022: S4131

2023-S3274 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalty for robbery of property from a bank; makes the crime a class C felony.

2023-S3274 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3274 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3274
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GRIFFO, GALLIVAN, HELMING -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Banks
 
 AN ACT to amend the banking law  and  the  penal  law,  in  relation  to
   increasing the penalty for robbery of property from a bank
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 592 of the banking law, as amended
 by chapter 472 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The superintendent may refuse to issue a license pursuant  to  this
 article if he or she shall find that the applicant, or any person who is
 a  director,  officer, partner, agent, employee, substantial stockholder
 of the applicant, consultant or person having a  relationship  with  the
 applicant  similar  to  a  consultant, (a) has been convicted of a crime
 involving an activity which is a felony  under  this  chapter  or  under
 article  one hundred fifty-five, one hundred seventy, one hundred seven-
 ty-five, one hundred seventy-six, one hundred eighty, one hundred eight-
 y-five, one hundred eighty-seven, one hundred ninety, two  hundred,  two
 hundred  ten  or  four  hundred  seventy, OR SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION
 160.10 of the penal law or any comparable felony under the laws  of  any
 other  state  or  the United States, provided that such crime would be a
 felony if committed and prosecuted under the laws of this state  or  (b)
 has  had  a license or registration revoked by the superintendent or (c)
 has been a director, partner, or substantial stockholder  of  an  entity
 which has had a license or registration revoked by the superintendent or
 (d) has been an agent, employee or officer of an entity, or a consultant
 to,  or  person having had a similar relationship with, any entity which
 has had a license or registration revoked by  the  superintendent  where
 such  person shall have been found by the superintendent to bear respon-
 sibility in connection with the revocation. The term "substantial stock-
 holder", as used in this subdivision, shall be  deemed  to  refer  to  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04473-01-3
 S. 3274                             2
              

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