Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6213
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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
2015-S6213 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §120.25, Pen L
2015-S6213 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6213 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to reckless endangerment in the first degree PURPOSE : To include jumping from a height of fifty feet from any edifice without prior written permission in a city of one million or more in reckless endangerment in the first degree. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of this bill amends section 120.25 of the Penal Law to provide that it will be a circumstance showing depraved indifference to human life if a person jumps from a height of fifty feet from any edifice without prior written permission from the owner of the building and from the city. Written permission from the city is defined as a resolution or a local law approved by the city council, or a permit, license or written instrument validly issued granting such permission from the office of the mayor of that city, for which the city may charge a fee. Section 2 of this bill provides this act shall take effect on the
2015-S6213 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6213 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 reckless endangerment in the first degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 120.25 of the penal law is amended to read as follows: S 120.25 Reckless endangerment in the first degree. A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, IT IS DEEMED TO BE A CIRCUMSTANCE EVINCING A DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE WHEN IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE A PERSON LEAPS FROM A BUILDING FROM THE FIFTH STORY OR HIGHER, OR FROM ANY BRIDGE OR OTHER STRUCTURE AT A HEIGHT OF FIFTY FEET OR GREATER, WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM BOTH THE OWNER AND THE CITY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE CITY SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE A RESOLUTION OR LOCAL LAW APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, OR A PERMIT, LICENSE OR WRITTEN INSTRUMENT VALIDLY ISSUED GRANTING SUCH PERMISSION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF SUCH CITY, FOR WHICH THE CITY MAY CHARGE A FEE. Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11855-03-5
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