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Jun 09, 2015 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
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Feb 26, 2015 | referred to codes |
senate Bill S4022
Sponsored By
Dean G. Skelos
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
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S4022 (ACTIVE) - Details
S4022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4022 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the theft of a motor vehi- cle while a child is present therein PURPOSE: Increases the penalties for the theft of a motor vehicle when a child is present in the vehicle. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends sections 155.35, 155.42, and 160.15 of the Penal Law to increase the penalties for theft of a motor vehicle when a child is present in the vehicle. JUSTIFICATION: Cases of carjackings where young children were present in the stolen vehicles have been reported over the last several years. Thefts of this nature not only traumatize children but place them at great risk of being physically harmed either at the hands of the carjacker, by a stranger if the car is abandoned, or during a police chase. This bill would increase the penalties for theft of a motor vehicle when a child
S4022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4022 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKELOS -- 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 theft of a motor vehi- cle while a child is present therein THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 155.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: S 155.35 Grand larceny in the third degree. A person is guilty of grand larceny in the third degree when he or she steals property and WHEN: 1. [when] the value of the property exceeds three thousand dollars[,]; or 2. the property is an automated teller machine or the contents of an automated teller machine[.]; OR 3. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND, DURING THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS IS PRESENT IN OR ON SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE. Grand larceny in the third degree is a class D felony. S 2. Section 155.42 of the penal law, as added by chapter 515 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: S 155.42 Grand larceny in the first degree. A person is guilty of grand larceny in the first degree when he OR SHE steals property and when [the]: 1. THE value of the property exceeds one million dollars[.]; OR 2. THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF ITS VALUE, CONSISTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, IS OBTAINED BY EXTORTION COMMITTED BY INSTILLING IN THE VICTIM A FEAR THAT THE ACTOR OR ANOTHER PERSON WILL CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO SOME PERSON, IN THE FUTURE, AND A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS IS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03318-01-5
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