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Senate Bill S4157

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime

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2013-S4157 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6584
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง240.49, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S482, A7403
2011-2012: S2948, A7052
2015-2016: S3490
2017-2018: S2627
2019-2020: S364
2021-2022: S5243
2023-2024: S4291
2025-2026: S5897

2013-S4157 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

2013-S4157 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4157

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  the  crime  of  falsely
  accusing someone of a crime

  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 a new section 240.49  to
read as follows:
S 240.49 FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME.
  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME WHEN HE OR
SHE SIGNS AND SUBMITS AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT  WITH  A  MEMBER  OF  LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND DOES SO KNOWING THE CONTENT OF THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT
IS FALSE.
  FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME 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.
                                                           LBD05453-01-3

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