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Assembly Bill A2903

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to crime of petit larceny

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2011-A2903 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §155.25, add §155.26, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A831
2013-2014: A4019

2011-A2903 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the crime of petit larceny to petit larceny in the second degree and adds new crime of petit larceny in the first degree defined as the stealing of property by a person who has been convicted two or more times of petit larceny in the first or second degree within the preceding five years.

2011-A2903 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2903

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, BENEDETTO, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  BOYLAND, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN,  PHEFFER,  ROBINSON,
  TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to repeat offender status for
  petit larceny offenses

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

  Section 1. Section 155.25 of the penal  law  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
S 155.25  Petit larceny IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A  person  is  guilty of petit larceny IN THE SECOND DEGREE when he OR
SHE steals property.
  Petit larceny IN THE SECOND DEGREE is a class A misdemeanor.
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.26  to  read
as follows:
S 155.26 PETIT LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PETIT LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE
STEALS PROPERTY AND HAS BEEN CONVICTED TWO OR MORE TIMES OF PETIT LARCE-
NY UNDER SECTION 155.25 OR THIS SECTION WITHIN THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS.
  PETIT LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 3. 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.
                                                           LBD07776-01-1

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