Senate Bill S3336

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated

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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-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6076
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §221.05, Pen L; amd §65-c, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7018
2013-2014: S2379, A4508
2015-2016: S990, A4281
2017-2018: S2598, A4327
2019-2020: S3897

2011-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes additional fines when a person fails to pay his or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when mandated for unlawful possession of marihuana or unlawful possession of an alcohol beverage.

2011-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3336

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. RANZENHOFER, DeFRANCISCO, MAZIARZ -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law and the alcoholic beverage control law, in
  relation  to  imposing additional fines when a person fails to pay his
  or her fines or fails to complete counseling or community service when
  mandated

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

  Section 1. Section 221.05 of the penal law, as added by chapter 360 of
the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
S 221.05 Unlawful possession of marihuana.
  1.  A  person is guilty of unlawful possession of marihuana when he OR
SHE knowingly and unlawfully possesses marihuana.
  Unlawful possession of marihuana is a violation punishable only  by  a
fine  of not more than one hundred dollars. However, where the defendant
has previously been convicted of an offense defined in this  article  or
article  [220]  TWO HUNDRED TWENTY of this chapter, committed within the
three years immediately preceding such violation, it shall be punishable
(a) only by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, if the  defend-
ant  was  previously convicted of one such offense committed during such
period, and (b) by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars  or
a  term  of  imprisonment  not in excess of fifteen days or both, if the
defendant was previously convicted of two such offenses committed during
such period.
  2. IN THE EVENT A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
OF MARIHUANA FAILS TO PAY SUCH FINE AS MAY BE SET BY  THE  COURT  WITHIN
ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY DAYS AFTER THE DECISION OF THE COURT, THEN IN ADDI-
TION TO SUCH FINE, THE COURT MAY IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL FINE OF  NOT  MORE
THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02539-01-1

              

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