Assembly Bill A676

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Elevates the severity of criminal trespass and burglary offenses committed upon the premises of a pharmacy

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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-A676 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§140.00, 140.15, 140.25 & 140.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9862
2013-2014: A1058
2015-2016: A987

2017-A676 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Elevates the severity of criminal trespass and burglary offenses committed upon the premises of a pharmacy.

2017-A676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    676
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  criminal  trespass  and
   burglary upon the premises of a pharmacy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 140.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  "PHARMACY" MEANS THAT AREA WITHIN A BUILDING AT WHICH THE PRACTICE
 OF THE PROFESSION OF PHARMACY  IS  CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 140.15 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 315 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1. he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling OR A
 PHARMACY; or
   § 3.  Subdivision 2 of section 140.25 of the penal law, as amended  by
 chapter 361 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The building is a dwelling, OR THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT IS
 A PHARMACY.
   § 4. The opening paragraph of section 140.30  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  361  of  the  laws  of 1981, is amended to read as
 follows:
   A person is guilty of burglary in the first  degree  when  he  OR  SHE
 knowingly  enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling OR A PHARMACY with
 intent to commit a crime therein, and when, in effecting entry or  while
 in  the  dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, he OR SHE or another
 participant in the crime:
   § 5.   This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  of  November  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03961-01-7

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