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Assembly Bill A7830

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing penalties for offenses committed against elderly persons

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2017-A7830 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §70.12, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6639
2019-2020: A6605

2017-A7830 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing penalties for offenses committed against elderly persons.

2017-A7830 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7830
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing  penalties  for
   offenses committed against elderly persons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section  70.12  to
 read as follows:
 § 70.12 SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT  FOR  AN OFFENSE COMMITTED AGAINST AN
           ELDERLY PERSON.
   1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ELDERLY PERSON" MEANS A HUMAN BEING SIXTY YEARS OLD OR MORE.
   (B)  "OFFENSE COMMITTED" IS AN OFFENSE DEFINED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
 PROVISIONS OF  THIS  CHAPTER:  SECTION  120.00  (ASSAULT  IN  THE  THIRD
 DEGREE),  SECTION  120.05 (ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE), SECTION 120.10
 (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST  DEGREE),  120.06  (GANG  ASSAULT  IN  THE  SECOND
 DEGREE), 120.07 (GANG ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 120.08 (ASSAULT ON A
 PEACE  OFFICER,  POLICE  OFFICER,  FIREMAN OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
 PROFESSIONAL), SECTION 120.13 (MENACING IN THE  FIRST  DEGREE),  SECTION
 120.14  (MENACING IN THE SECOND DEGREE), SECTION 120.15 (MENACING IN THE
 THIRD DEGREE), SECTION  120.20  (RECKLESS  ENDANGERMENT  IN  THE  SECOND
 DEGREE),  SECTION  120.25  (RECKLESS  ENDANGERMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE),
 SECTION 120.45 (STALKING IN THE FOURTH DEGREE), SECTION 120.50 (STALKING
 IN THE THIRD DEGREE), SECTION 120.55 (STALKING IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE),
 SECTION  120.60  (STALKING  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE),  SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 125.15 (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE), SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO
 OR FOUR OF SECTION 125.20 (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE  FIRST  DEGREE),  SECTION
 125.25  (MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE), SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.35
 (RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE), SECTION 130.40 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT  IN  THE
 THIRD  DEGREE),  SECTION  130.45  (CRIMINAL  SEXUAL  ACT  IN  THE SECOND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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