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                                  5969

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law, the general
  business law, the state technology  law  and  the  executive  law,  in
  relation  to  offenses  involving  theft  of  identity;  and to repeal
  certain provisions of the criminal procedure law  and  the  penal  law
  relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Title K of the penal law is amended by adding a new article
191 to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 191
                  OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT OF IDENTITY
SECTION 191.00 DEFINITIONS.
        191.05 PETIT IDENTITY THEFT.
        191.10 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE.
        191.15 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
        191.20 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
        191.25 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
        191.30 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION
                 IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
        191.35 UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
                 IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
        191.40 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION
                 IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
        191.45 DEFENSES.
        191.50 UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF  A  SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE SECOND
                 DEGREE.
        191.55 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A  SKIMMER  DEVICE  IN  THE  FIRST
                 DEGREE.
S 191.00 DEFINITIONS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE "PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION"
MEANS  A  PERSON'S NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, DATE OF BIRTH, DRIV-
ER'S LICENSE NUMBER, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT,  MOTH-
ER'S  MAIDEN  NAME,  FINANCIAL  SERVICES ACCOUNT NUMBER OR CODE, SAVINGS
ACCOUNT  NUMBER  OR  CODE,  CHECKING  ACCOUNT  NUMBER OR CODE, BROKERAGE
ACCOUNT NUMBER OR CODE, CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT NUMBER OR CODE,  DEBIT  CARD
NUMBER  OR CODE, AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE NUMBER OR CODE, TAXPAYER IDEN-
TIFICATION NUMBER, COMPUTER SYSTEM PASSWORD,  SIGNATURE  OR  COPY  OF  A
SIGNATURE, ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE, UNIQUE BIOMETRIC DATA THAT IS A FINGER-
PRINT, VOICE PRINT, RETINAL IMAGE OR IRIS IMAGE OF ANOTHER PERSON, TELE-
PHONE  CALLING  CARD NUMBER, MOBILE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR CODE, ELEC-
TRONIC  SERIAL  NUMBER  OR  PERSONAL  IDENTIFICATION   NUMBER,   MEDICAL
INFORMATION,  MEDICAL  INSURANCE INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER NAME, NUMBER,
CODE OR INFORMATION THAT MAY BE USED ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH  OTHER
SUCH INFORMATION TO ASSUME THE IDENTITY OF ANOTHER PERSON.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
  (A)  "ELECTRONIC  SIGNATURE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TWO OF THE  STATE  TECHNOLOGY
LAW.
  (B)  "PERSONAL  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER" MEANS ANY NUMBER OR CODE WHICH
MAY BE USED ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO ASSUME
THE IDENTITY OF ANOTHER PERSON OR ACCESS FINANCIAL RESOURCES  OR  CREDIT
OF ANOTHER PERSON.
  (C)  "MEMBER  OF THE ARMED FORCES" SHALL MEAN A PERSON IN THE MILITARY
SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OR  THE  MILITARY  SERVICE  OF  THE  STATE,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, THE
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, THE NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA,
THE  NEW YORK GUARD, AND SUCH ADDITIONAL FORCES AS MAY BE CREATED BY THE
FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
  (D) "MEDICAL INFORMATION" MEANS ANY INFORMATION REGARDING AN  INDIVID-
UAL'S  MEDICAL  HISTORY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL CONDITION, OR MEDICAL TREAT-
MENT OR DIAGNOSIS BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.
  (E) "MEDICAL  INSURANCE  INFORMATION"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  HEALTH
INSURANCE  POLICY NUMBER OR SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, ANY UNIQUE
IDENTIFIER USED BY A HEALTH INSURER TO IDENTIFY THE  INDIVIDUAL  OR  ANY
INFORMATION  IN  AN INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICATION AND CLAIMS HISTORY, INCLUD-
ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, APPEALS HISTORY.
S 191.05 PETIT IDENTITY THEFT.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PETIT IDENTITY THEFT WHEN HE  OR  SHE  KNOWINGLY
AND  WITH  INTENT  TO  DEFRAUD ASSUMES THE IDENTITY OF ANOTHER PERSON BY
PRESENTING HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS THAT OTHER PERSON, OR BY ACTING AS THAT
OTHER PERSON OR BY USING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THAT  OTHER
PERSON,  AND  THEREBY OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES
CREDIT IN THE NAME OF SUCH OTHER PERSON OR CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO SUCH
PERSON OR TO ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS.
  PETIT IDENTITY THEFT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 191.10 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE WHEN  HE  OR
SHE KNOWINGLY AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD:
  1.  ASSUMES  THE  IDENTITY  OF ANOTHER PERSON BY PRESENTING HIMSELF OR
HERSELF AS THAT OTHER PERSON, OR BY ACTING AS THAT OTHER  PERSON  OR  BY
USING  PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THAT OTHER PERSON, AND THERE-
BY:
  (A) OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT  IN  THE
NAME  OF  SUCH  OTHER  PERSON  IN  AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS; OR

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  (B) CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO SUCH  PERSON  OR  TO  ANOTHER  PERSON  OR
PERSONS IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; OR
  (C)  COMMITS OR ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT A FELONY OR ACTS AS AN ACCESSORY TO
THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY; OR
  (D) COMMITS THE CRIME OF PETIT IDENTITY THEFT AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
191.05  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND KNOWS THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON IS A MEMBER OF
THE ARMED FORCES AND THAT SUCH MEMBER IS PRESENTLY DEPLOYED  OUTSIDE  OF
THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES; OR
  (E)  COMMITS  THE  CRIME OF PETIT IDENTITY THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION
191.05 OF THIS ARTICLE AND KNOWS THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON IS A  VULNERABLE
ELDERLY PERSON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 260.31 OF THIS
CHAPTER,  OR  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  UNABLE  TO CARE FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF
BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY, MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT, OR BECAUSE  HE
OR SHE IS A MINOR; OR
  2. ASSUMES THE IDENTITY OF THREE OR MORE PERSONS BY PRESENTING HIMSELF
OR  HERSELF AS THOSE OTHER PERSONS, OR BY ACTING AS THOSE OTHER PERSONS,
OR BY USING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THOSE OTHER PERSONS, AND
THEREBY OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT IN THE
NAME OF THOSE PERSONS, OR CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO  AT  LEAST  ONE  SUCH
PERSON, OR TO ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS.
  IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
S 191.15 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN HE OR
SHE KNOWINGLY AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD:
  1. (A) ASSUMES THE IDENTITY OF ANOTHER PERSON BY PRESENTING HIMSELF OR
HERSELF AS THAT OTHER PERSON, OR BY ACTING AS THAT OTHER  PERSON  OR  BY
USING  PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THAT OTHER PERSON, AND THERE-
BY:
  (A) OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT  IN  THE
NAME  OF SUCH OTHER PERSON IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS TWO THOU-
SAND DOLLARS; OR
  (B) CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO SUCH  PERSON  OR  TO  ANOTHER  PERSON  OR
PERSONS IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; OR
  (C)  COMMITS  OR  ATTEMPTS  TO COMMIT A CLASS D FELONY OR HIGHER LEVEL
CRIME OR ACTS AS AN ACCESSORY TO THE COMMISSION OF A CLASS D  OR  HIGHER
LEVEL FELONY; OR
  (D)  COMMITS  THE  CRIME  OF  IDENTITY  THEFT  IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 191.10  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  HAS  BEEN  PREVIOUSLY
CONVICTED  WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF PETIT IDENTITY THEFT AS DEFINED
IN SECTION 191.05, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FOURTH  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION  191.10,  IDENTITY  THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN THIS
SECTION, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
191.20, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.25,
UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE THIRD
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.30,  UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF  PERSONAL
IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION
191.35, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION  IN  THE
FIRST  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 191.40, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A
SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.50, UNLAW-
FUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE FIRST  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION 191.55, GRAND LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
155.30,  GRAND LARCENY IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.35,
GRAND LARCENY IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.40 OR GRAND
LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  155.42,  CRIMINAL
POSSESSION  OF  A  FORGED  INSTRUMENT  IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 170.20, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND

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DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.25, CRIMINAL  POSSESSION  OF  A  FORGED
INSTRUMENT    IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.30, CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FIFTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION
165.40,  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 165.45, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE
THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 165.50, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN
PROPERTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  165.52,  CRIMINAL
POSSESSION  OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
165.54, OR CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF FORGERY DEVICES AS DEFINED IN  SECTION
170.40 OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
  (E)  COMMITS  THE  CRIME  OF  IDENTITY  THEFT  IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 191.10 OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  KNOWS  THAT  SUCH  OTHER
PERSON  IS  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES, AND KNOWS THAT SUCH MEMBER IS
PRESENTLY DEPLOYED OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES; OR
  (F) COMMITS THE CRIME OF  IDENTITY  THEFT  IN  THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION  191.10  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND KNOWS THAT SUCH OTHER
PERSON IS A VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF
SECTION 260.31 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR A PERSON WHO IS UNABLE  TO  CARE  FOR
HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF  BECAUSE  OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY, MENTAL DISEASE OR
DEFECT, OR BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS A MINOR; OR
  2. ASSUMES THE IDENTITY OF TEN OR MORE PERSONS BY  PRESENTING  HIMSELF
OR  HERSELF AS THOSE OTHER PERSONS, OR BY ACTING AS THOSE OTHER PERSONS,
OR BY USING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THOSE OTHER PERSONS, AND
THEREBY OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT IN THE
NAME OF THOSE PERSONS, OR CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO  AT  LEAST  ONE  SUCH
PERSON, OR TO ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS.
  IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
S 191.20 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR
SHE KNOWINGLY AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD:
  1. ASSUMES THE IDENTITY OF ANOTHER PERSON  BY  PRESENTING  HIMSELF  OR
HERSELF  AS  THAT  OTHER PERSON, OR BY ACTING AS THAT OTHER PERSON OR BY
USING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THAT OTHER PERSON, AND  THERE-
BY:
  (A)  OBTAINS  GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT IN THE
NAME  OF  SUCH  OTHER  PERSON  IN  AN  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  THAT   EXCEEDS
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; OR
  (B)  CAUSES  FINANCIAL  LOSS  TO  SUCH  PERSON OR TO ANOTHER PERSON OR
PERSONS  IN  AN  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  THAT  EXCEEDS  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND
DOLLARS; OR
  (C)  COMMITS  OR  ATTEMPTS  TO COMMIT A CLASS C FELONY OR HIGHER LEVEL
CRIME OR ACTS AS AN ACCESSORY IN THE COMMISSION OF A CLASS C  OR  HIGHER
LEVEL FELONY; OR
  (D) COMMITS THE CRIME OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED
IN  SECTION  191.15  OF  THIS  ARTICLE AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED
WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF PETIT IDENTITY THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION
191.05, IDENTITY THEFT IN  THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
191.10, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.15,
IDENTITY THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, IDENTITY
THEFT  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 191.25, UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE  THIRD  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION 191.30, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.35,  UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION  OF  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 191.40, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A  SKIMMER  DEVICE  IN
THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.50, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A

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SKIMMER  DEVICE  IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.55, GRAND
LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.30, GRAND LARCENY
IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.35, GRAND LARCENY  IN  THE
SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.40 OR GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST
DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 155.42, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED
INSTRUMENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  170.20,  CRIMINAL
POSSESSION  OF  A  FORGED  INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 170.25, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE  FIRST
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.30, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROP-
ERTY  IN  THE  FIFTH  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  165.40, CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
165.45, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE  THIRD  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 165.50, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE
SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  165.52, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF
STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  165.54,  OR
CRIMINAL  POSSESSION  OF FORGERY DEVICES AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.40 OF
THIS CHAPTER; OR
  (E) COMMITS THE CRIME OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED
IN SECTION 191.15 OF THIS ARTICLE AND KNOWS THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON IS  A
MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED FORCES AND THAT SUCH MEMBER IS PRESENTLY DEPLOYED
OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES; OR
  (F) COMMITS THE CRIME OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED
IN SECTION 191.15 OF THIS ARTICLE AND KNOWS THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON IS  A
VULNERABLE  ELDERLY  PERSON  AS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
260.31 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR A PERSON WHO IS UNABLE TO CARE FOR HIMSELF OR
HERSELF BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY, MENTAL  DISEASE  OR  DEFECT,  OR
BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS A MINOR; OR
  2.  ASSUMES  THE IDENTITY OF TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE PERSONS BY PRESENTING
HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS THOSE OTHER PERSONS, OR BY ACTING AS  THOSE  OTHER
PERSONS,  OR  BY  USING  PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THOSE OTHER
PERSONS, AND THEREBY OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR  USES
CREDIT  IN  THE  NAME  OF  THOSE PERSONS, OR CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO AT
LEAST ONE SUCH PERSON, OR TO ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS.
  IDENTITY THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY.
S 191.25 IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE  WHEN  HE  OR
SHE KNOWINGLY AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD:
  1.  ASSUMES  THE  IDENTITY  OF ANOTHER PERSON BY PRESENTING HIMSELF OR
HERSELF AS THAT OTHER PERSON, OR BY ACTING AS THAT OTHER  PERSON  OR  BY
USING  PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THAT OTHER PERSON, AND THERE-
BY:
  (A) OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT  IN  THE
NAME  OF  SUCH  OTHER  PERSON  IN  AN  AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS; OR
  (B) CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO SUCH  PERSON  OR  TO  ANOTHER  PERSON  OR
PERSONS  IN  AN  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  THAT  EXCEEDS  TWO  HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS; OR
  (C) COMMITS OR ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT A CLASS B  FELONY  OR  HIGHER  LEVEL
CRIME  OR  ACTS AS AN ACCESSORY IN THE COMMISSION OF A CLASS B OR HIGHER
LEVEL FELONY; OR
  (D) COMMITS THE CRIME OF  IDENTITY  THEFT  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION  191.20  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY
CONVICTED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF PETIT IDENTITY THEFT AS  DEFINED
IN  SECTION  191.05,  IDENTITY  THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 191.10, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
191.15, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.20

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OF THIS ARTICLE, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED  IN  THIS
SECTION,  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE
SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  191.35,  UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF
PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 191.40, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE  IN  THE  SECOND
DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 191.50, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER
DEVICE IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.55,  GRAND  LARCENY
IN  THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.30, GRAND LARCENY IN THE
THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.35, GRAND LARCENY IN  THE  SECOND
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.40 OR GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.42, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT
IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.20, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF
A  FORGED  INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.25,
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A  FORGED  INSTRUMENT  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 170.30, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE
FIFTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 165.40, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN
PROPERTY  IN  THE  FOURTH  DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 165.45, CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION
165.50,  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 165.52, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE
FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 165.54,  OR  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION  OF
FORGERY DEVICES AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.40 OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
  (E)  COMMITS  THE  CRIME  OF  IDENTITY  THEFT  IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 191.20 OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  KNOWS  THAT  SUCH  OTHER
PERSON  IS  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES, AND KNOWS THAT SUCH MEMBER IS
PRESENTLY DEPLOYED OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES; OR
  (F) COMMITS THE CRIME OF  IDENTITY  THEFT  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION  191.20  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND KNOWS THAT SUCH OTHER
PERSON IS A VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF
SECTION 260.31 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR A PERSON WHO IS UNABLE  TO  CARE  FOR
HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF  BECAUSE  OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY, MENTAL DISEASE OR
DEFECT, OR BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS A MINOR; OR
  2. ASSUMES THE IDENTITY OF FIFTY OR MORE PERSONS BY PRESENTING HIMSELF
OR HERSELF AS THOSE OTHER PERSONS, OR BY ACTING AS THOSE OTHER  PERSONS,
OR BY USING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THOSE OTHER PERSONS, AND
THEREBY OBTAINS GOODS, MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES OR USES CREDIT IN THE
NAME  OF  THOSE  PERSONS,  OR CAUSES FINANCIAL LOSS TO AT LEAST ONE SUCH
PERSON, OR TO ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS.
  IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS B FELONY.
S 191.30 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN  THE
           THIRD DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN HE OR  SHE  KNOWINGLY  POSSESSES  A
PERSON'S  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.00
OF THIS ARTICLE OF ANOTHER PERSON KNOWING SUCH INFORMATION  IS  INTENDED
TO  BE  USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME DEFINED IN THIS
CHAPTER.
  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN  THE  THIRD
DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 191.35 UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE
           SECOND DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF  UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY POSSESSES
FIFTY OR MORE ITEMS OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION  191.00  OF THIS ARTICLE KNOWING SUCH INFORMATION IS INTENDED TO

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BE USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE COMMISSION OF  A  CRIME  DEFINED  IN  THIS
CHAPTER.
  UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE SECOND
DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
S 191.40 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN  THE
           FIRST DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR  SHE  COMMITS  THE  CRIME  OF
UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF  PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE SECOND
DEGREE AND:
  1. WITH INTENT TO FURTHER THE COMMISSION  OF  IDENTITY  THEFT  IN  THE
THIRD DEGREE, HE OR SHE SUPERVISES MORE THAN THREE ACCOMPLICES; OR
  2.  HE OR SHE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
OF PETIT IDENTITY THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.05, IDENTITY THEFT  IN
THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.10, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE
THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.15, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE  SECOND
DEGREE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.20, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.25, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL  IDENTIFY-
ING INFORMATION IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.30, UNLAW-
FUL  POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.35, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL  IDENTIFY-
ING INFORMATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION  OF  A  SKIMMER  DEVICE  IN  THE  SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 191.50, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER  DEVICE  IN  THE  FIRST
DEGREE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.55, GRAND LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.30, GRAND  LARCENY  IN  THE  THIRD  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 155.35, GRAND LARCENY IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED
IN  SECTION  155.40  OR  GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 155.42, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE  THIRD
DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 170.20, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED
INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION  170.25,  CRIMINAL
POSSESSION  OF  A  FORGED  INSTRUMENT  IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 170.30, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF  STOLEN  PROPERTY  IN  THE  FIFTH
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 165.40, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROP-
ERTY  IN  THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 165.45, CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION
165.50,  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 165.52, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE
FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 165.54,  OR  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION  OF
FORGERY DEVICES AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.40 OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
  3.  WITH  INTENT  TO  FURTHER  THE COMMISSION OF IDENTITY THEFT IN THE
SECOND DEGREE:
  (A) HE OR SHE SUPERVISES MORE THAN TWO ACCOMPLICES, AND
  (B) HE OR SHE KNOWS THAT THE PERSON WHOSE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING  INFOR-
MATION THAT HE OR SHE POSSESSES IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES, AND
  (C)  HE OR SHE KNOWS THAT SUCH MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES IS PRESENTLY
DEPLOYED OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN  THE  FIRST
DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
S 191.45 DEFENSES.
  IN  ANY  PROSECUTION  FOR  IDENTITY  THEFT  OR  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, IT  SHALL  BE
AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT THE PERSON CHARGED WITH THE OFFENSE:
  1.  WAS  UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING THE
OFFENSE AND THE PERSON USED OR POSSESSED THE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFOR-
MATION OF ANOTHER SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING ALCOHOL;

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  2. WAS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE  AT  THE  TIME  OF  COMMITTING  THE
OFFENSE AND THE PERSON USED OR POSSESSED THE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFOR-
MATION OF ANOTHER SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING TOBACCO PRODUCTS;
OR
  3.  USED  OR POSSESSED THE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF ANOTHER
PERSON SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MISREPRESENTING  THE  PERSON'S  AGE  TO
GAIN ACCESS TO A PLACE THE ACCESS TO WHICH IS RESTRICTED BASED ON AGE.
S 191.50 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  1.  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN
THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE POSSESSES A  SKIMMER  DEVICE  WITH  THE
INTENT  THAT SUCH DEVICE BE USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE
CRIME OF IDENTITY THEFT OR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE.
  2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  "SKIMMER DEVICE" MEANS A DEVICE
DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO OBTAIN PERSONAL IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  FROM  A
CREDIT  CARD, DEBIT CARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT CARD, ACCESS CARD OR DEVICE, OR
OTHER CARD OR DEVICE THAT CONTAINS PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  IS  A
CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 191.55 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE
FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION  OF
A  SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND HE OR SHE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY
CONVICTED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF IDENTITY  THEFT  IN  THE  FOURTH
DEGREE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.10, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE THIRD DEGREE
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.15, IDENTITY THEFT IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 191.20, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED
IN  SECTION 191.25, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMA-
TION IN  THE  THIRD  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  191.30,  UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION  OF  PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 191.35, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION  IN  THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.40, UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION  191.50,  UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE FIRST
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, GRAND LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 155.30, GRAND LARCENY IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS  DEFINED
IN  SECTION  155.35,  GRAND  LARCENY  IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 155.40, GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION
155.42,  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.20, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT
IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.25,  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION
OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 170.30,
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FIFTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION  165.40,  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION  OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FOURTH
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 165.45, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROP-
ERTY IN  THE  THIRD  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  165.50,  CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
165.52,  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION  OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 165.54, OR CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF FORGERY DEVICES  AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 170.40 OF THIS CHAPTER.
  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS
E FELONY.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 460.10 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:

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  (a) Any of the felonies set forth in this  chapter:  sections  120.05,
120.10 and 120.11 relating to assault; sections 121.12 and 121.13 relat-
ing  to  strangulation;  sections 125.10 to 125.27 relating to homicide;
sections 130.25, 130.30 and 130.35 relating to rape; sections 135.20 and
135.25  relating  to  kidnapping; section 135.35 relating to labor traf-
ficking; section 135.65 relating to coercion;  sections  140.20,  140.25
and  140.30  relating  to  burglary;  sections 145.05, 145.10 and 145.12
relating to criminal mischief; article one  hundred  fifty  relating  to
arson;  sections  155.30,  155.35,  155.40  and 155.42 relating to grand
larceny; sections 177.10, 177.15, 177.20 and 177.25 relating  to  health
care  fraud;  article  one  hundred  sixty relating to robbery; sections
165.45, 165.50, 165.52 and 165.54 relating  to  criminal  possession  of
stolen  property; sections 165.72 and 165.73 relating to trademark coun-
terfeiting; sections 170.10, 170.15, 170.25, 170.30, 170.40, 170.65  and
170.70  relating to forgery; sections 175.10, 175.25, 175.35, 175.40 and
210.40 relating to false statements; sections 176.15, 176.20, 176.25 and
176.30 relating to insurance fraud; sections 178.20 and 178.25  relating
to  criminal  diversion  of  prescription medications and prescriptions;
sections 180.03, 180.08, 180.15, 180.25, 180.40, 180.45, 200.00, 200.03,
200.04, 200.10, 200.11, 200.12, 200.20, 200.22, 200.25, 200.27,  200.56,
215.00,  215.05  and  215.19; sections 187.10, 187.15, 187.20 and 187.25
relating to residential  mortgage  fraud,  sections  190.40  and  190.42
relating  to  criminal  usury;  section  190.65  relating  to schemes to
defraud;  SECTIONS  191.05,  191.10,  191.15,  191.20,  191.25,  191.30,
191.35, 191.40, 191.50 AND 191.55 RELATING TO IDENTITY THEFT; any felony
defined  in  article four hundred ninety-six; sections 205.60 and 205.65
relating to hindering prosecution; sections 210.10, 210.15,  and  215.51
relating  to  perjury and contempt; section 215.40 relating to tampering
with physical evidence; sections 220.06, 220.09, 220.16, 220.18, 220.21,
220.31, 220.34, 220.39, 220.41, 220.43, 220.46, 220.55,  220.60,  220.65
and 220.77 relating to controlled substances; sections 225.10 and 225.20
relating  to  gambling;  sections 230.25, 230.30, and 230.32 relating to
promoting prostitution; section  230.34  relating  to  sex  trafficking;
sections  235.06,  235.07,  235.21  and  235.22  relating  to obscenity;
sections 263.10 and 263.15 relating to promoting a sexual performance by
a child; sections 265.02, 265.03, 265.04, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13 and the
provisions of section 265.10  which  constitute  a  felony  relating  to
firearms  and other dangerous weapons; sections 265.14 and 265.16 relat-
ing to criminal sale of a firearm; section 275.10,  275.20,  275.30,  or
275.40 relating to unauthorized recordings; and sections 470.05, 470.10,
470.15 and 470.20 relating to money laundering; or
  S  3.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 3 of section 490.05 of the penal
law, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 1 of the laws of 2004,
is amended to read as follows:
  (a) "Specified offense" for purposes of this article means a  class  A
felony  offense  other than an offense as defined in article two hundred
twenty,  a  violent  felony  offense  as  defined  in   section   70.02,
manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.15, criminal
tampering  in  the  first  degree as defined in section 145.20, identity
theft in the second degree as defined in section [190.79] 191.20,  iden-
tity  theft  in  the first degree as defined in section [190.80] 191.25,
unlawful possession of personal identification information in the second
degree as defined in section [190.82]  191.35,  unlawful  possession  of
personal  identification  information  in the first degree as defined in
section [190.83] 191.40, money laundering in support of terrorism in the
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of  terrorism  in  the  third degree as defined in section 470.22, money
laundering in support of terrorism in the second degree  as  defined  in
section  470.23,  money  laundering in support of terrorism in the first
degree  as  defined  in  section 470.24 of this chapter, and includes an
attempt or conspiracy to commit any such offense.
  S 4. Paragraph (s) of subdivision 8 of section 700.05 of the  criminal
procedure  law  is  REPEALED and a new paragraph (s) is added to read as
follows:
  (S) PETIT IDENTITY THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.05, IDENTITY  THEFT
IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.10, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE
THIRD  DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.15, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE SECOND
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.20, IDENTITY THEFT IN THE FIRST  DEGREE
AS  DEFINED IN SECTION 191.25, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFY-
ING INFORMATION IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.30, UNLAW-
FUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE SECOND  DEGREE
AS  DEFINED IN SECTION 191.35, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFY-
ING INFORMATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.40, UNLAW-
FUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE SECOND DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION  191.50, OR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SKIMMER DEVICE IN THE FIRST
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 191.55 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  S 5. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 899-aa of  the  general
business law, as added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  (b)  "Private  information" shall mean personal information consisting
of any information in combination with any one or more of the  following
data  elements, when either the personal information or the data element
is not encrypted, or encrypted with an encryption key that has also been
acquired:
  (1) social security number;
  (2) driver's license number or non-driver identification card  number;
or
  (3)  account  number, credit or debit card number, in combination with
any required security code, access code, or password that  would  permit
access to an individual's financial account; OR
  (4) MEDICAL INFORMATION; OR
  (5) HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION;
  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "MEDICAL INFORMATION" MEANS ANY INFOR-
MATION  REGARDING  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  MEDICAL HISTORY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL
CONDITION, OR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR DIAGNOSIS BY A  HEALTH  CARE  PROFES-
SIONAL.
  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION" MEANS
AN INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER OR SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICA-
TION NUMBER, ANY UNIQUE IDENTIFIER USED BY A HEALTH INSURER TO  IDENTIFY
THE  INDIVIDUAL  OR  ANY  INFORMATION IN AN INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICATION AND
CLAIMS HISTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, APPEALS HISTORY.
  "Private information" does not include publicly available  information
which  is  lawfully  made  available to the general public from federal,
state, or local government records.
  S 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 208 of the state  tech-
nology  law,  as added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) "Private information" shall mean personal information in  combina-
tion  with  any  one or more of the following data elements, when either
the personal information  or  the  data  element  is  not  encrypted  or
encrypted with an encryption key that has also been acquired:
  (1) social security number;

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  (2)  driver's license number or non-driver identification card number;
or
  (3)  account  number, credit or debit card number, in combination with
any required security code, access code, or password which would  permit
access to an individual's financial account[.]; OR
  (4) MEDICAL INFORMATION; OR
  (5) HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION.
  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "MEDICAL INFORMATION" MEANS ANY INFOR-
MATION  REGARDING  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  MEDICAL HISTORY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL
CONDITION, OR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR DIAGNOSIS BY A  HEALTH  CARE  PROFES-
SIONAL.
  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION" MEANS
AN INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER OR SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICA-
TION NUMBER, ANY UNIQUE IDENTIFIER USED BY A HEALTH INSURER TO  IDENTIFY
THE  INDIVIDUAL  OR  ANY  INFORMATION IN AN INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICATION AND
CLAIMS HISTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, APPEALS HISTORY.
  "Private information" does not include publicly available  information
that  is  lawfully  made  available  to the general public from federal,
state, or local government records.
  S 7. Sections 190.77, 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.81, 190.82,  190.83,
190.84, 190.85 and 190.86 of the penal law are REPEALED.
  S  8.  Subdivision  1 of section 60.27 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 279 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  1. In addition to any of the dispositions authorized by this  article,
the  court shall consider restitution or reparation to the victim of the
crime and may require restitution or reparation as part of the  sentence
imposed  upon  a person convicted of an offense, and after providing the
district attorney with an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the
provisions of this subdivision, require the defendant to  make  restitu-
tion  of  the  fruits of his or her offense or reparation for the actual
out-of-pocket loss caused thereby and, in the case  of  a  violation  of
section  [190.78,  190.79,  190.80,  190.82  or  190.83] 191.05, 191.10,
191.15, 191.20 OR 191.25 of this chapter, any costs or  losses  incurred
due  to any adverse action taken against the victim. The district attor-
ney shall where appropriate, advise the court at or before the  time  of
sentencing  that  the victim seeks restitution or reparation, the extent
of injury or economic loss or damage of the victim, and  the  amount  of
restitution or reparation sought by the victim in accordance with his or
her  responsibilities  under  subdivision  two  of section 390.50 of the
criminal procedure law and article twenty-three of  the  executive  law.
The  court  shall  hear  and  consider  the information presented by the
district attorney in this regard. In that  event,  or  when  the  victim
impact  statement  reports  that the victim seeks restitution or repara-
tion, the court shall require, unless the interests of  justice  dictate
otherwise,  in  addition  to  any of the dispositions authorized by this
article that the defendant make restitution of the fruits of the offense
and reparation for the actual out-of-pocket loss and, in the case  of  a
violation  of section [190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.82 or 190.83] 191.05,
191.10, 191.15, 191.20 OR 191.25 of this chapter, any  costs  or  losses
incurred due to any adverse action, caused thereby to the victim. In the
event  that  restitution  or reparation are not ordered, the court shall
clearly state its reasons on the record. Adverse action as used in  this
subdivision  shall  mean and include actual loss incurred by the victim,
including an amount equal to the value of the time reasonably  spent  by
the  victim attempting to remediate the harm incurred by the victim from
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  S 9. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 60.27 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 313 of the laws of 2011, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (b)  the  term  "victim"  shall include the victim of the offense, the
representative of a crime  victim  as  defined  in  subdivision  six  of
section six hundred twenty-one of the executive law, an individual whose
identity  was assumed or whose personal identifying information was used
in violation of section  [190.78,  190.79  or  190.80]  191.05,  191.10,
191.15, 191.20 OR 191.25 of this chapter, or any person who has suffered
a  financial  loss  as  a  direct  result  of the acts of a defendant in
violation of section [190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.82 or 190.83]  191.05,
191.10,  191.15,  191.20  OR 191.25 of this chapter, a good samaritan as
defined in section six hundred twenty-one of the executive law  and  the
office of victim services or other governmental agency that has received
an  application for or has provided financial assistance or compensation
to the victim.  A victim shall also mean any owner or lawful producer of
a master recording, or a trade association that represents such owner or
lawful producer, that has suffered injury as a result of an  offense  as
defined in article two hundred seventy-five of this chapter.
  S 10. Subdivision 2 of section 646 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 346 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  An individual whose identity was assumed or whose personal identi-
fying information, as defined in [section  190.77]  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
SECTION  191.00  of  the  penal  law,  was  used in violation of section
[190.78, 190.79 or 190.80] 191.05, 191.10, 191.15, 191.20 OR  191.25  of
the  penal  law,  or  any  person who has suffered a financial loss as a
direct result of the  acts  of  a  defendant  in  violation  of  section
[190.78,  190.79,  190.80,  190.82  or  190.83]  191.05, 191.10, 191.15,
191.20 OR 191.25 of  the  penal  law,  who  has  learned  or  reasonably
suspects  that  his  or  her  personal  identifying information has been
unlawfully used by another, may  make  a  complaint  to  the  local  law
enforcement  agency  of the county in which any part of the offense took
place regardless of whether the defendant was actually present  in  such
county, or in the county in which the person who suffered financial loss
resided  at  the time of the commission of the offense, or in the county
where the person whose personal identification information was  used  in
the  commission  of the offense resided at the time of the commission of
the offense as provided in paragraph (l) of subdivision four of  section
20.40  of  the criminal procedure law. Said local law enforcement agency
shall take a police report of the matter  and  provide  the  complainant
with a copy of such report free of charge.
  S 11. This act shall take effect immediately.