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Assembly Bill A6016

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Includes leaping from buildings and structures over five stories in height in certain cities within the crime of reckless endangerment

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2009-A6016 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง120.25, Pen L

2009-A6016 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes leaping from buildings and structures over five stories in height in certain cities within the crime of reckless endangerment.

2009-A6016 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6016

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  including  leaping  from
  buildings and structures over five stories in height in certain cities
  within the crime of reckless endangerment

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

  Section 1. Section 120.25 of the penal  law  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
S 120.25 Reckless endangerment in the first degree.
  A  person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when,
under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human  life,  he
OR SHE recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death
to another person, OR IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE
WHEN  SUCH  PERSON  LEAPS FROM A BUILDING FIVE STORIES OR TALLER OR FROM
ANY STRUCTURE IN OR ON THE FIFTH OR ANY GREATER STORY OF SUCH  BUILDING,
OR  FROM  ANY  BRIDGE OR OTHER STRUCTURE WHOSE HEIGHT IS FIVE STORIES OR
GREATER, WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE BUILDING  OWNER  AND  THE
MUNICIPALITY.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE
MUNICIPALITY SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE A RESOLUTION OR LOCAL  LAW  APPROVED
BY  THE CITY COUNCIL, OR A PERMIT, LICENSE OR WRITTEN INSTRUMENT VALIDLY
ISSUED GRANTING SUCH PERMISSION FROM THE OFFICE OF  THE  MAYOR  OF  SUCH
MUNICIPALITY.
  Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00783-01-9

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