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Assembly Bill A4271

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to organized retail theft using an emergency exit

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2013-A4271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2928
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง155.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10327, S6957
2015-2016: A6734
2017-2018: A4466

2013-A4271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to organized retail theft using an emergency exit.

2013-A4271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4271

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CUSICK, GUNTHER, TITONE, SCARBOROUGH, CRESPO,
  ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CLARK,  GIBSON,
  MAGEE, SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to organized retail theft
  using an emergency exit

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

  Section 1.  Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12. THE PROPERTY IS STOLEN FROM A RETAIL MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT AND,
TO  FACILITATE  AN  ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME, THE PERSON LEAVES THE RETAIL
MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT WITH SUCH PROPERTY BY USE OF A DESIGNATED EMER-
GENCY EXIT. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM  "RETAIL
MERCANTILE  ESTABLISHMENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PLACE WHERE GOODS, WARES, OR
MERCHANDISE ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC FOR SALE.   FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION,  ORGANIZED  RETAIL CRIME SHALL MEAN THE STEALING, EMBEZZLE-
MENT, OR OBTAINING BY FRAUD, FALSE PRETENSES, OR OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS, OF
RETAIL MERCHANDISE IN QUANTITIES THAT WOULD NOT  NORMALLY  BE  PURCHASED
FOR  PERSONAL USE OR CONSUMPTION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESELLING, TRADING,
OR OTHERWISE REENTERING SUCH RETAIL MERCHANDISE INTO COMMERCE.
  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.
                                                           LBD01050-01-3

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