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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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Apr 24, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S4617
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S4617 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง65.10, Pen L
2009-S4617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4617 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the performance of community service upon a conviction of making graffiti PURPOSE : To require a mandatory sentence of at least 500 hours community service for the crime of making graffiti. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Amends paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section 65.10 of the penal law by adding a requirement that a sentence of community service for making graffiti shall be at least 500 hours of community service with a not-for-profit organization. EXISTING LAW : Provides that the imposition of a conditional discharge by the court upon a conviction of making graffiti shall include a minimum of five hundred hours of service for a public or not-for-profit corporation, association, institution or agency. JUSTIFICATION : Graffiti has become a serious problem in many areas around the state. It has defaced millions of dollars of property and has damaged many communities. Often repeated perpetrators are given
2009-S4617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4617 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 24, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ONORATO, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN, PARKER, SAMPSON, STAVISKY -- 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 the performance of commu- nity service upon a conviction of making graffiti THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section 65.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: (h) Perform services for a public or not-for-profit corporation, asso- ciation, institution or agency, including but not limited to services for the division of substance abuse services, services in an appropriate community program for removal of graffiti from public or private proper- ty, including any property damaged in the underlying offense, or services for the maintenance and repair of real or personal property maintained as a cemetery plot, grave, burial place or other place of interment of human remains. Provided however, that the performance of any such services shall not result in the displacement of employed work- ers or in the impairment of existing contracts for services, nor shall the performance of any such services be required or permitted in any establishment involved in any labor strike or lockout. The court may establish provisions for the early termination of a sentence of probation or conditional discharge pursuant to the provisions of subdi- vision three of section 410.90 of the criminal procedure law after such services have been completed. Such sentence may only be imposed upon conviction of a misdemeanor, violation, or class D or class E felony, or a youthful offender finding replacing any such conviction, where the defendant has consented to the amount and conditions of such service. THE IMPOSITION OF A CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE BY THE COURT UPON A CONVICTION OF MAKING GRAFFITI PURSUANT TO SECTION 145.60 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03754-01-9
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