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Senate Bill S2626

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Imposes mandatory minimum sentence of six months imprisonment upon persons convicted of theft offenses involving motor vehicles

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2009-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง60.36, Pen L

2009-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes mandatory minimum sentence of six months imprisonment upon persons convicted of theft offenses involving motor vehicles.

2009-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2626

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  PADAVAN, LARKIN, VOLKER -- 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 imposing mandatory minimum
  sentences of imprisonment upon persons  convicted  of  theft  offenses
  involving motor vehicles

  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  60.36  to
read as follows:
S 60.36 AUTHORIZED  DISPOSITIONS;  THEFT  OFFENSES INVOLVING MOTOR VEHI-
          CLES.
  WHEN A PERSON IS TO BE SENTENCED UPON A CONVICTION  OF  THE  CRIME  OF
GRAND  LARCENY  IN  THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION 155.30 OF THIS CHAPTER OR CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY
IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 165.45 OF
THIS CHAPTER, THE COURT MUST SENTENCE THE DEFENDANT TO A MANDATORY MINI-
MUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF SIX MONTHS.
  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.
                                                           LBD09421-01-9

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