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Assembly Bill A8555

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to crimes committed within parks and parklands

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2017-A8555 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §70.12, Pen L; add §318, Hway L

2017-A8555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to crimes committed within parks and parklands; authorizes higher sentences of imprisonment for certain crimes committed within parks and parklands; defines terms; authorizes the placing of highway signs indicating a crime free park zone.

2017-A8555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8555
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the highway law, in relation to crimes
   committed within parks and parklands
 
   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 A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON
           WITHIN PARKS OR PARKLANDS.
   1. DEFINITION OF A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON  WITHIN  PARKS  OR
 PARKLANDS.  THE TERM "A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A PERSON WITHIN PARKS OR
 PARKLANDS" SHALL MEAN ANY CRIME DEFINED IN SECTION  120.05  (ASSAULT  IN
 THE  SECOND  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),
 120.10 (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 120.11 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON  A
 POLICE  OFFICER  OR  A PEACE OFFICER), 120.12 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A
 PERSON LESS THAN ELEVEN  YEARS  OLD),  120.13  (MENACING  IN  THE  FIRST
 DEGREE),  130.25  (RAPE IN THE THIRD DEGREE), 130.30 (RAPE IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE), 130.35 (RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.40 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL  ACT
 IN THE THIRD DEGREE), 130.45 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE SECOND DEGREE),
 130.50  (CRIMINAL  SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.65 (SEXUAL ABUSE
 IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.66  (AGGRAVATED  SEXUAL  ABUSE  IN  THE  THIRD
 DEGREE),  130.67  (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.70
 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.75 (COURSE OF  SEXUAL
 CONDUCT  AGAINST  A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 130.80 (COURSE OF SEXUAL
 CONDUCT AGAINST A CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE), 130.95 (PREDATORY  SEXUAL
 ASSAULT),  130.96  (PREDATORY  SEXUAL  ASSAULT  AGAINST A CHILD), 135.10
 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE), 135.20 (KIDNAPPING  IN  THE
 SECOND DEGREE), 135.25 (KIDNAPPING IN THE FIRST DEGREE) OR 135.65 (COER-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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