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Assembly Bill A9362

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to making false statements to district attorneys, assistant district attorneys or district attorney investigators

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2015-A9362 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง195.25, Pen L

2015-A9362 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to making false statements to district attorneys, assistant district attorneys or district attorney investigators.

2015-A9362 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9362

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAMINSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making false statements to
  district  attorneys, assistant district attorneys or district attorney
  investigators in this state

  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 195.25 to
read as follows:
S 195.25 MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT  IN  ANY  MATTER  WHEN,
COMMUNICATING WITH ANY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR
DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  INVESTIGATOR  OF ANY COUNTY OF THIS STATE, HE OR SHE
KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY:
  (A) FALSIFIES, CONCEALS, OR COVERS UP BY ANY TRICK, SCHEME, OR  DEVICE
A MATERIAL FACT;
  (B) MAKES ANY MATERIALLY FALSE, FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENT OR
REPRESENTATION; OR
  (C)  MAKES  OR  USES ANY FALSE WRITING OR DOCUMENT KNOWING THE SAME TO
CONTAIN ANY MATERIALLY FALSE, FICTITIOUS,  OR  FRAUDULENT  STATEMENT  OR
ENTRY.
  MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14136-04-6

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