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Senate Bill S211

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the wearing of a mask or headgear in public places which are designed to threaten or intimidate a group or groups of people

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2009-S211 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง240.23, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2229

2009-S211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the wearing of a mask or headgear in public places designed to threaten or intimidate a group or groups of people; provides that a violation shall be a class A misdemeanor.

2009-S211 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   211

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 prohibiting the wearing of
  a mask or headgear in  a  public  setting  designed  to  intimidate  a
  particular group or groups of people

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

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.23  to
read as follows:
S 240.23 APPEARING IN PUBLIC PLACES DESIGNED TO THREATEN OR INTIMIDATE.
  A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF APPEARING IN PUBLIC PLACES DESIGNED TO THREATEN
OR INTIMIDATE WHEN, KNOWING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OR HER ACTIONS, SUCH
PERSON APPEARS AT OR PARTICIPATES IN A MARCH, PARADE OR DEMONSTRATION OR
IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE WHILE WEARING A MASK OR HEADGEAR WHICH IS RECOGNIZED
AS A THREAT OR IS INTIMIDATING TO A PARTICULAR GROUP OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE
BASED ON RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC OR OTHER PRINCIPLES. THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE SUCH MASK OR HEADGEAR IS WORN IN A THEATRE
OR  SPORTING  EVENT, OR IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, OR WHERE
SUCH MASK OR HEADGEAR IS NEEDED FOR MEDICAL OR EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
  APPEARING IN PUBLIC PLACES DESIGNED TO THREATEN  OR  INTIMIDATE  IS  A
CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing 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.
                                                           LBD03125-01-9

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