Assembly Bill A10423

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when he or she damages property that is public property

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  • 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-A10423 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2941
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §145.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10672, S3006
2013-2014: A6198, S4154
2015-2016: S3477

2011-A10423 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so he or she damages property that is public property.

2011-A10423 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10423

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal mischief in the
  second degree

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

  Section  1. Section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 961
of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
S 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with
intent to damage property of another person, and having no right  to  do
so  nor  any reasonable ground to believe that he OR SHE has such right,
he OR SHE:
  1. DAMAGES PROPERTY THAT IS PUBLIC PROPERTY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION,   "PUBLIC  PROPERTY"  MEANS  PROPERTY  OWNED,  OPERATED  OR
CONTROLLED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
PARKS,  PLAYGROUNDS,  PARKING  LOTS,  SCHOOLS,  LIBRARIES, POST OFFICES,
MUNICIPAL TRANSIT FACILITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS; OR
  2. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thou-
sand five hundred dollars.
  Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class D felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04497-01-1

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