assembly Bill A4576

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for theft of a motor vehicle when a child under 16 is in or on such vehicle

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Jan 08, 2014 referred to codes
Feb 06, 2013 referred to codes

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A4576 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1905
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง155.35, 155.42 & 160.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6655
2011-2012: S1543
2015-2016: A1085, S4022, S6585
2017-2018: A3950, S912

A4576 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties for theft of a motor vehicle when a child under 16 is in or on such vehicle.

A4576 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4576

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the theft of a motor vehi-
  cle while a child is present therein

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

  Section 1. Section 155.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  464
of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
S 155.35 Grand larceny in the third degree.
  A person is guilty of grand larceny in the third degree when he or she
steals property and WHEN:
  1. [when] the value of the property exceeds three thousand dollars[,];
or
  2.  the  property is an automated teller machine or the contents of an
automated teller machine[.]; OR
  3. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  AND,  DURING  THE
COMMISSION  OF  SUCH  OFFENSE, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS IS
PRESENT IN OR ON SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE.
  Grand larceny in the third degree is a class D felony.
  S 2. Section 155.42 of the penal law, as added by chapter 515  of  the
laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
S 155.42 Grand larceny in the first degree.
  A person is guilty of grand larceny in the first degree when he OR SHE
steals property and when [the]:
  1. THE value of the property exceeds one million dollars[.]; OR
  2. THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF ITS VALUE, CONSISTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE,
AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
LAW,  IS  OBTAINED  BY EXTORTION COMMITTED BY INSTILLING IN THE VICTIM A
FEAR THAT THE ACTOR OR ANOTHER PERSON WILL CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO SOME
PERSON, IN THE FUTURE, AND A CHILD UNDER THE AGE  OF  SIXTEEN  YEARS  IS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05820-01-3