| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to codes |
| Mar 10, 2011 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3934
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2011-S3934 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S3934 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3934
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to the possession of a weapon on or
in vehicles or facilities used for mass transit service by a transit
agency constituting criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill increases the penalty to a class D felony for possession of
any enumerated weapon when such weapon is possessed on a bus, subway
car, railroad station, subway station or a venue of mass
transportation by a person engaged in the commission of another
criminal act.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends Section 265.02 of the Penal Law by inserting a new subdivision
4 to increase the penalty for possessing a weapon enumerated in
subdivisions one, two and three of Sec. 265.01 of the Penal Law from
an A misdemeanor to a D felony when a person situated in a subway
train, subway station, railroad train, railroad station or on a bus
operated by a mass transit provider, public or private, uses or
attempts to use such weapon in the commission of another criminal act
2011-S3934 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3934
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 10, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- 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 possession of a weapon
on or in vehicles or facilities used for mass transit service by a
transit agency constituting criminal possession of a weapon in the
third degree
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 265.02 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
(4) SUCH PERSON COMMITS THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON
IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO, OR FOUR OF
SECTION 265.01 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SITUATED IN A SUBWAY TRAIN, SUBWAY
STATION, RAILROAD TRAIN, RAILROAD STATION OR ON A BUS OPERATED BY A MASS
TRANSIT PROVIDER, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, AND SUCH PERSON USES OR ATTEMPTS TO
USE SUCH WEAPON IN THE COMMISSION OF ANOTHER CRIMINAL ACT IN SUCH SUBWAY
TRAIN OR STATION, RAILROAD TRAIN OR STATION, OR BUS; OR
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04620-01-1
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