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Assembly Bill A2156

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to including certain written false statements within perjury

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2011-A2156 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง210.00 & 210.45, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7099
2013-2014: A5169

2011-A2156 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes certain written false statements within perjury where the instrument bears a notice that false statements are punishable.

2011-A2156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2156

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GALEF, PAULIN, MARKEY -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   GABRYSZAK, McDONOUGH, McENENY,  MENG,  PHEFFER,
  REILLY, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including certain written
  false statements within perjury

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 210.00 of the penal law is amended
to read as follows:
  1.  "Oath"  includes an affirmation and every other mode authorized by
law of attesting to the truth of that which is stated, INCLUDING  MAKING
A  STATEMENT  IN  A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT BEARING A LEGALLY AUTHORIZED FORM
NOTICE TO THE EFFECT THAT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE THEREIN ARE PUNISHABLE.
  S 2. Section 210.45 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
S 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement.
  A person is guilty of making a punishable false written statement when
he knowingly makes a false statement, which he does not  believe  to  be
true,  in  a written instrument bearing a legally authorized form notice
to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable.  MAKING
A PUNISHABLE FALSE STATEMENT MAY ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE  SWEARING  FALSELY
FOR PURPOSES OF ANY APPROPRIATE DEGREE OF PERJURY.
  Making a punishable false written statement is a class A misdemeanor.
  S 3.  This act shall take effect on the first of January 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.
                                                           LBD05356-01-1

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