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Assembly Bill A7924

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires a parent of a person less than 18 years of age convicted of a graffiti crime and sentenced to community service to be present during such community service

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2011-A7924 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง60.31, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A6986

2011-A7924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a parent or legal guardian of a person less than eighteen years of age, convicted of making graffiti or possession of graffiti instruments and sentenced to community service, to be present during such person's performance of community service.

2011-A7924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7924

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SALADINO,  M. MILLER,  BURLING, N. RIVERA --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, McDONOUGH  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the imposition of communi-
  ty service for the crime of making graffiti and possession of graffiti
  instruments

  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  60.31  to
read as follows:
S 60.31 AUTHORIZED DISPOSITION, MAKING GRAFFITI AND POSSESSION OF GRAFF-
          ITI INSTRUMENTS.
  WHEN  A  PERSON  YOUNGER  THAN  EIGHTEEN  YEARS OF AGE IS CONVICTED OF
MAKING GRAFFITI PURSUANT TO SECTION 145.60, OR  POSSESSION  OF  GRAFFITI
INSTRUMENTS,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION 145.65, AND THE SENTENCE IMPOSED FOR
SUCH CONVICTION INCLUDES COMMUNITY SERVICE OR SERVICES  FOR  THE  PUBLIC
GOOD,  SUCH  SENTENCE  SHALL  REQUIRE THAT A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF
SUCH PERSON BE PRESENT AND IN ATTENDANCE WHILE SUCH PERSON PERFORMS SUCH
COMMUNITY SERVICE.
  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.
                                                           LBD09019-01-1

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