Assembly Bill A2620

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the crimes of false identification in the first degree and second degree, a class E felony and class A misdemeanor respectively

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

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2013-A2620 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง190.87 & 190.88, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4754
2011-2012: A3321
2015-2016: A4829

2013-A2620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crimes of false identification in the first degree and false identification in the second degree, a class E felony and class A misdemeanor respectively.

2013-A2620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2620

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CLARK, PERRY, ORTIZ, ROBINSON, GALEF, GABRYSZAK
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CROUCH,  FINCH,  GOTTFRIED,
  HOOPER,  MAGEE,  McDONOUGH,  SWEENEY,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of
  false identification in the first and second 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 two new sections 190.87
and 190.88 to read as follows:
S 190.87 FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE  WHEN,
WITH  INTENT  TO  FACILITATE THE FALSE IDENTIFICATION OF ANOTHER PERSON,
AND WHICH FALSE IDENTIFICATION IS IN FURTHERANCE OF  VIOLATING,  CIRCUM-
VENTING  OR  OTHERWISE EVADING ANY STATUTORY PROHIBITION OR REQUIREMENT,
HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTES, OR SELLS ANY DOCUMENT  TO
FACILITATE  SUCH  FALSE  IDENTIFICATION. SUCH FALSE IDENTIFICATION SHALL
INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  MISREPRESENTATIONS  REGARDING  THE
PERSON'S ACTUAL NAME OR DATE OF BIRTH.
  FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 190.88 FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN,
WITH INTENT TO FACILITATE THE FALSE IDENTIFICATION OF A MINOR, AND WHICH
FALSE IDENTIFICATION IS IN FURTHERANCE OF  VIOLATING,  CIRCUMVENTING  OR
OTHERWISE  EVADING  ANY  STATUTORY PROHIBITION OR REQUIREMENT, HE OR SHE
KNOWINGLY MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTES, OR SELLS ANY DOCUMENT TO FACILITATE
SUCH FALSE IDENTIFICATION. SUCH FALSE IDENTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT
NOT  BE LIMITED TO, MISREPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE MINOR'S ACTUAL NAME
OR DATE OF BIRTH.
  FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November 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.

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