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Assembly Bill A6585

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for and creates new crimes relating to terrorism

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2009-A6585 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 265.02 & 270.05, add §§270.06 & 270.07, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A5990

2009-A6585 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the possession of an explosive substance the class D felony of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree; increases the severity of unlawfully possessing noxious material from a class B misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor; creates new class D felony of unlawfully possessing highly noxious material, which may cause permanent injury, severe disfigurement or death; creates class B felony of unlawful defilement of a water supply.

2009-A6585 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6585

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BURLING, TOWNSEND, FINCH, GIGLIO, WALKER, McKEV-
  ITT, HAWLEY, BALL, TOBACCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ALFANO,
  BACALLES,  BARCLAY,  BARRA,  BUTLER,  CALHOUN,  CONTE, CROUCH, DUPREY,
  ERRIGO, KOLB, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, OAKS, RAIA, SAYWARD,  SPANO,  TEDISCO,
  THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing criminal penal-
  ties for crimes relating to terrorism

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

  Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 24 to read as follows:
  24.  "EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE" MEANS GUNPOWDER, POWDERS USED FOR BLASTING,
HIGH EXPLOSIVES, BLASTING MATERIALS, DETONATING  FUSES,  DETONATORS  AND
OTHER  DETONATING AGENTS, SMOKELESS POWDER, ANY CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR ANY
MECHANICAL MIXTURE CONTAINING ANY OXIDIZING AND  COMBUSTIBLE  UNITS,  OR
OTHER  INGREDIENTS  IN  SUCH  PROPORTIONS,  QUANTITIES,  OR PACKING THAT
IGNITION BY FIRE, FRICTION, CONCUSSION, PERCUSSION OR DETONATION, OF ANY
PART THEREOF, MAY  AND  IS  INTENDED  TO  CAUSE  AN  EXPLOSION,  OR  ANY
SUBSTANCE  OR CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES OR CHEMICAL
COMPOUNDS WHICH WHEN COMBINED OR WHEN COMBINED AND DETONATED, MAY AND IS
INTENDED TO CAUSE AN EXPLOSION. AN EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE SHALL NOT INCLUDE
GASOLINE, KEROSENE, NAPHTHA, TURPENTINE, BENZINE, ACETONE, ETHYL  ETHER,
BENZOL, DIESEL FUEL, FERTILIZER, OR ANY OTHER PETROLEUM OR PETROCHEMICAL
BASED  PRODUCT,  WHEN  THE  POSSESSOR  STORES  OR MAINTAINS THE SAME FOR
PURPOSES OF ITS NORMAL AND ACCEPTED USE, AND NOT WITH THE INTENT TO  USE
SUCH  SUBSTANCE  OR  SUBSTANCES  TO CAUSE OR PRODUCE AN EXPLOSION TO THE
INJURY OF LIFE, LIMB OR PROPERTY, OR ALL QUANTITIES OF BLACK POWDER  NOT
EXCEEDING FIVE POUNDS FOR USE IN FIRING ANTIQUE FIREARMS OR ARTIFACTS OR
REPLICAS  THEREOF,  OR FIXED AMMUNITION AND PRIMERS FOR SMALL ARMS, FIRE
CRACKERS, SAFETY FUSES AND MATCHES WHEN DETERMINED TO BE OF SUCH LIMITED
QUANTITY, OF SUCH NATURE AND SO PACKED THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO  PRODUCE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06363-01-9
              

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