Senate Bill S3200

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits vandalism of a vehicle owned by law enforcement personnel or law enforcement agencies

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  • 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-S3200 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6094
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §145.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1302

2015-S3200 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to vandalism of vehicles owned by law enforcement personnel or law enforcement agencies that have identifying markings including police insignias on the vehicle or a police parking placard placed on or inside the vehicle.

2015-S3200 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3200 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3200

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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  vandalism  of  vehicles
  owned by law enforcement personnel or law enforcement agencies

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

  Section 1. Section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  961
of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
S 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with
intent  to  damage property of another person, and having no right to do
so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he OR SHE has  such  right,
he OR SHE:
  1.  DAMAGES  A  VEHICLE  OWNED  BY  LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OR A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT IS MARKED BY POLICE INSIGNIAS OR A POLICE  PARK-
ING PLACARD, PLACED ON OR INSIDE THE VEHICLE; OR
  2. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thou-
sand five hundred dollars.
  Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class D felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08348-02-5

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