Senate Bill S1656

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to creating identity theft in the fourth degree

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §190.77-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S115

2011-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of identity theft in the fourth degree; provides that such crime shall be a class A misdemeanor.

2011-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1656

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- 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  creating  the  crime  of
  identity theft in the fourth degree

  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  190.77-a
to read as follows:
S 190.77-A IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE WHEN HE OR
SHE KNOWINGLY AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD ATTEMPTS TO ASSUME THE IDENTITY
OF ANOTHER PERSON BY PRESENTING HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS THAT OTHER PERSON,
OR BY ACTING AS THAT OTHER  PERSON  OR  BY  USING  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION OF THAT OTHER PERSON, FOR THE PURPOSE OF:
  1.  OBTAINING GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT IN THE
NAME OF SUCH OTHER PERSON OR CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO SUCH PERSON OR  TO
ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS; OR
  2. COMMITTING A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR OR HIGHER LEVEL CRIME.
  IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05883-01-1

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