| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to codes |
| Mar 09, 2009 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3006
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2009-S3006 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S3006 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3006
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal mischief in the
second degree
PURPOSE :
Establishes a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second
degree when he or she damages property that is public property.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1. Section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 961
of the laws of 1971, is amended to include; criminal mischief in the
second degree. A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second
degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and
having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he
or she has such right, he or she, damages property that is public
property. Public property includes property owned, operated or
controlled by any governmental agency, including, but not limited to,
parks, playgrounds, parking lots, schools, libraries, post offices,
municipal transit facilities and other public buildings. Criminal
mischief in the second degree is a class D felony. Section 2. This
2009-S3006 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3006
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 9, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 criminal mischief in the
second degree
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 961
of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
S 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with
intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do
so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he OR SHE has such right,
he OR SHE:
1. DAMAGES PROPERTY THAT IS PUBLIC PROPERTY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, "PUBLIC PROPERTY" MEANS PROPERTY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTROLLED
BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PARKS, PLAY-
GROUNDS, PARKING LOTS, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, POST OFFICES, MUNICIPAL TRAN-
SIT FACILITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS; OR
2. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thou-
sand five hundred dollars.
Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class D felony.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08788-01-9
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