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Assembly Bill A4829

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the crimes of false identification in the first degree and second degree, a class E felony and class A misdemeanor respectively

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2015-A4829 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง190.90 & 190.91, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4754
2011-2012: A3321
2013-2014: A2620

2015-A4829 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crimes of false identification in the first degree and false identification in the second degree, a class E felony and class A misdemeanor respectively.

2015-A4829 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4829

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. CLARK, PERRY, ORTIZ, ROBINSON, GALEF -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.   CROUCH, FINCH,  GOTTFRIED,  HOOPER,  MAGEE,
  McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of
  false identification in the first and second degree

  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 two new sections  190.90
and 190.91 to read as follows:
S 190.90 FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN,
WITH INTENT TO FACILITATE THE FALSE IDENTIFICATION  OF  ANOTHER  PERSON,
AND  WHICH  FALSE IDENTIFICATION IS IN FURTHERANCE OF VIOLATING, CIRCUM-
VENTING OR OTHERWISE EVADING ANY STATUTORY PROHIBITION  OR  REQUIREMENT,
HE  OR SHE KNOWINGLY MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTES, OR SELLS ANY DOCUMENT TO
FACILITATE SUCH FALSE IDENTIFICATION. SUCH  FALSE  IDENTIFICATION  SHALL
INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  MISREPRESENTATIONS  REGARDING  THE
PERSON'S ACTUAL NAME OR DATE OF BIRTH.
  FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 190.91 FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE FIRST  DEGREE  WHEN,
WITH INTENT TO FACILITATE THE FALSE IDENTIFICATION OF A MINOR, AND WHICH
FALSE  IDENTIFICATION  IS  IN FURTHERANCE OF VIOLATING, CIRCUMVENTING OR
OTHERWISE EVADING ANY STATUTORY PROHIBITION OR REQUIREMENT,  HE  OR  SHE
KNOWINGLY MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTES, OR SELLS ANY DOCUMENT TO FACILITATE
SUCH  FALSE IDENTIFICATION. SUCH FALSE IDENTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
NOT BE LIMITED TO, MISREPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE MINOR'S ACTUAL  NAME
OR DATE OF BIRTH.
  FALSE IDENTIFICATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE 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.
                                                           LBD08652-01-5

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