Assembly Bill A7543

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enumerates sanctions imposed against persons who sell alcoholic beverages to minors

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A7543 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §260.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3443
2011-2012: A5062
2013-2014: A6602
2017-2018: A10302
2019-2020: A6428
2021-2022: A3125
2023-2024: A3632

2015-A7543 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enumerates sanctions and imposes increasingly higher jail terms and civil penalties against persons who sell alcoholic beverages to minors.

2015-A7543 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7543

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 18, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK,
  COLTON, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  enumerating  sanctions
  against persons who sell alcoholic beverages to minors

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

  Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 260.20 of the  penal  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  362 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
follows:
  Unlawfully dealing with a child in the  first  degree  is  a  class  A
misdemeanor  AND  ANY  PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION
TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL, UPON FIRST CONVICTION THEREOF, BE PUNISHED BY
A FINE OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN A COUNTY
JAIL OR PENITENTIARY FOR A TERM OF NOT LESS THAN THIRTY  DAYS  NOR  MORE
THAN  ONE  YEAR  OR  BOTH, AND UPON A SECOND CONVICTION THEREOF SHALL BE
PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS OR BY  IMPRI-
SONMENT  IN  A  COUNTY  JAIL OR PENITENTIARY FOR A TERM OF NOT LESS THAN
SIXTY DAYS NOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR OR BOTH, AND UPON A  THIRD  CONVICTION
THEREOF  SHALL  BE PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED SEVEN-
TY-FIVE DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN A COUNTY JAIL OR PENITENTIARY  FOR
A  TERM  OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS NOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR
OR BOTH, AND UPON A FOURTH CONVICTION THEREOF SHALL  BE  PUNISHED  BY  A
FINE  NOT  LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN A COUNTY
JAIL OR PENITENTIARY FOR A TERM OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS
NOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR OR BOTH,  AND  UPON  ALL  SUBSEQUENT  CONVICTIONS
THEREOF  SHALL  BE  PUNISHED  BY  A  FINE  OF NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN A COUNTY JAIL OR PENITENTIARY FOR  A  TERM
OF ONE YEAR OR BOTH.
  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.
                                                           LBD07038-01-5

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