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Assembly Bill A4592

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes provisions relating to loitering in a transportation facility

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2009-A4592 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4358
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง240.35, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4883, S3125
2013-2014: A6483
2015-2016: A6359
2017-2018: A6766
2019-2020: A4400
2021-2022: A4404
2023-2024: A3563
2025-2026: A7677

2009-A4592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person is guilty of loitering when such person remains in a transportation facility, within twenty-five feet of the token booth or similar location, for more than twenty-five minutes unless authorized to do so or unless the facility's design would make it impossible to maintain a greater distance.

2009-A4592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4592

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. COOK, PHEFFER, MAYERSOHN, ORTIZ -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to loitering

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  240.35  of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 395 of the laws of 2001, is amended and a new  subdi-
vision 8 is added to read as follows:
  7.  Loiters  or  remains  in  any transportation facility, or is found
sleeping therein, and is unable to give a  satisfactory  explanation  of
his presence[.]; OR
  8.   LOITERS   OR  REMAINS  IN  ANY  TRANSPORTATION  FACILITY,  WITHIN
TWENTY-FIVE FEET OF THE TOKEN BOOTH OR SIMILAR LOCATION, FOR  MORE  THAN
TWENTY-FIVE  MINUTES,  UNLESS  SPECIFICALLY  AUTHORIZED TO DO SO, UNLESS
BECAUSE OF THE FACILITY'S SIZE OR DESIGN IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MAIN-
TAIN SUCH DISTANCE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  next  succeeding
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.
                                                           LBD01267-01-9

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