Assembly Bill A3161

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to arson in the first degree

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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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2017-A3161 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2616
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §150.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5917, S503
2011-2012: A5474, A10424, S2950
2013-2014: A6184, S4162
2015-2016: A9681, S3480
2019-2020: A7175, S396
2021-2022: A6793, S5680
2023-2024: S4610

2017-A3161 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a person is guilty of arson in the first degree when he intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle by causing an explosion or a fire and when such explosion or fire is accelerated by use of ignitable liquid or flammable gas.

2017-A3161 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3161
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to arson in the first degree
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 150.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  950
 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 § 150.20 Arson in the first degree.
   1.  A  person  is  guilty  of arson in the first degree when he inten-
 tionally damages a building or motor vehicle by causing an explosion  or
 a  fire  and when (a) such explosion or fire is caused by OR ACCELERATED
 BY USE OF IGNITABLE LIQUID OR FLAMMABLE  GAS  OR  an  incendiary  device
 propelled,  thrown  [or],  placed  OR OTHERWISE DISPERSED OR DISTRIBUTED
 inside or near such building or motor vehicle; or when such explosion or
 fire is caused by an explosive; or when such explosion  or  fire  either
 (i)  causes  serious  physical  injury  to  another  person other than a
 participant, or (ii) the explosion or fire was caused with the  expecta-
 tion or receipt of financial advantage or pecuniary profit by the actor;
 and  when  (b)  another  person who is not a participant in the crime is
 present in such building or motor vehicle  at  the  time;  and  (c)  the
 defendant knows that fact or the circumstances are such as to render the
 presence of such person therein a reasonable possibility.
   2.  As  used  in  this section, "incendiary device" means a [breakable
 container]  DEVICE  designed  to  [explode   or]   produce   uncontained
 combustion  [upon  impact, containing flammable liquid and having a wick
 or a similar device capable of being ignited] OR USED  AS  A  SOURCE  OF
 IGNITION.
   Arson in the first degree is a class A-I felony.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00516-01-7

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