Assembly Bill A3950

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for theft of a motor vehicle when a child under 16 is in or on such vehicle

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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-A3950 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S912
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§155.35, 155.42 & 160.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6655
2011-2012: S1543
2013-2014: A4576, S1905
2015-2016: A1085, S4022, S6585

2017-A3950 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties for theft of a motor vehicle when a child under 16 is in or on such vehicle.

2017-A3950 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3950
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. LAVINE, STIRPE -- read once and referred 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:
 § 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.
   §  2.  Section 155.42 of the penal law, as added by chapter 515 of the
 laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 § 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.
              

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