Assembly Actions -
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May 27, 2014 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A9860
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GRAF
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Andrew R. Garbarino
Michael Montesano
David McDonough
Thomas McKevitt
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Joseph Giglio
Stephen Hawley
2013-A9860 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A9860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9860 I N A S S E M B L Y May 27, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GRAF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to feloniously falsely impersonating an attorney THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 485 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 492 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: S 485. Violation of certain preceding sections a misdemeanor. [Except as provided in section four hundred eighty-five-a of this article, any] ANY person violating the provisions of section [four hundred seventy- eight,] four hundred seventy-nine, four hundred eighty, four hundred eighty-one, four hundred eighty-two, OR four hundred eighty-three [or four hundred eighty-four] of this article[,] shall be guilty of a misde- meanor. S 2. Section 485-a of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 22 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: S 485-a. Violation of certain sections a class E felony. Any person who violates the provisions of sections four hundred seventy-eight, four hundred eighty-four, four hundred eighty-six or four hundred ninety-five of this article is guilty of a class E felony when he or she[: (1)] falsely holds himself or herself out as a person licensed to practice law in this state, a person otherwise permitted to practice law in this state, or a person who can provide services that only attorneys are authorized to provide[; and (2) causes another person to suffer monetary loss or damages exceeding one thousand dollars or other material damage resulting from impairment of a legal right to which he or she is enti- tled]. S 3. Section 486 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 492 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: S 486. Practice of law by attorney who has been disbarred, suspended, or convicted of a felony. Any person whose admission to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law has been revoked or who has been removed from office as attorney and counselor-at-law or, being an attorney and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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