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Senate Bill S2410
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Enacts the New York state criminal street gang act
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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Floor Vote: May 8, 2018
aye (52)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Alcantara
- Amedore
- Avella
- Benjamin
- Bonacic
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Brooks
- Carlucci
- Croci
- DeFrancisco
- Felder
- Flanagan
- Funke
- Gallivan
- Golden
- Griffo
- Hamilton
- Hannon
- Helming
- Jacobs
- Kaminsky
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Little
- Marcellino
- Marchione
- Mayer
- Murphy
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Parker
- Phillips
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Robach
- Savino
- Sepúlveda
- Serino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Valesky
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Floor Vote: May 8, 2017
aye (48)- Addabbo Jr.
- Akshar
- Amedore
- Avella
- Bonacic
- Boyle
- Breslin
- Brooks
- Carlucci
- Croci
- DeFrancisco
- Diaz
- Felder
- Flanagan
- Funke
- Gallivan
- Golden
- Griffo
- Hamilton
- Hannon
- Helming
- Jacobs
- Kaminsky
- Kennedy
- Klein
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Latimer
- Little
- Marcellino
- Marchione
- Murphy
- O'Mara
- Ortt
- Phillips
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Robach
- Savino
- Serino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Valesky
- Young
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May 8, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
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Rules Committee Vote: May 8, 2018
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May 2, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
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Rules Committee Vote: May 2, 2017
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Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, G, IP, SC) Senate District
(R, C) 58th Senate District
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 44th Senate District
2017-S2410 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5477
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Add Title Y-1-A Art 495 §§495.05 - 495.40, Pen L; amd §1349, CPLR; add §97-pppp, St Fin L; add Art 25 §§1210 - 1213, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S7929
2011-2012: S1742
2013-2014: S4444, A7983
2015-2016: S1701, A5106
2017-S2410 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2410 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, the penal law, the state finance law and the education law, in relation to defining offenses involving criminal street gangs, creating the criminal street gang prevention fund, and providing for gang prevention services in schools PURPOSE : To provide a comprehensive statutory framework for the prosecution and prevention of criminal street gang activity. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Short title. the "New York State criminal street gang enforcement and prevention act." § 2 Legislative findings and purpose. § 3 Forfeiture. Amends paragraph (g) of subdivision two of section 1349 of CPLR to apply similar 40% forfeiture provisions for property seized under the new gang provisions as for chemical dependence, funds to be deposited in the new criminal street gang prevention fund created by this act and to be used for grants to schools for criminal street gang prevention.
§ 4 Penalties & definitions. Creates Title Y-1-A in the Penal Law, Offenses Involving Criminal Street Gangs, and new Article 495, the Criminal Street Gangs Enforcement And Prevention Act. Definitions (§ 495.05). 1. Criminal street gang - a street gang that engages in a pattern of criminal street gang activity for its benefit or for the benefit of one or more members. "Street gang" is an association in fact of two or more individuals identified by a common name, sign, dress, symbols, tattoos, or other mark or markings. 2. Participation in a Criminal Street Gang means a) committing an act of criminal street gang activity to obtain, maintain or increase position in a criminal street gang; b) committing any act of criminal street gang activity at the direction of or with the knowledge of two or more members of a criminal street gang; c) knowingly using the assets of a criminal street gang in the commission of any act of criminal street gang activity, d) knowing receipt of any proceeds or benefits from the commission of any act of criminal street gang activity. 3. Pattern of criminal street gang activity means the commission of two or more discreet acts of criminal street gang activity within three years, including the conspiracy to commit, solicit, attempt, or aid and abet the commission of any act of criminal street gang activity; 4. Criminal street gang activity includes the crimes that constitute criminal street gang activity. Importantly, this definition does not affect the application of the included criminal statutes, rather it includes them in the kinds of activities deemed criminal street gang activity Regarding guns, and gun crimes, the crimes included are criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree (265 11), second (265 12), and first degree (265.13), as such statutes were in effect prior to the passage of the SAFE Act. *New Class E felonies: -§ 495.10 Accepting the benefits or proceeds of criminal street gang activity. Knowing accepting from a criminal street gang the benefits or proceeds from criminal street gang activity, or of any substituted asset obtained or converted. -§ 495.15 Participation in criminal street gang activity. Acting as a member of a criminal street gang, a person knowingly promotes, furthers, assists in, conducts, facilitates, or participates in commission of criminal street gang activity, or knowingly receives the benefits from such activity, or uses or invests the income, assets, proceeds, or substitute proceeds, from criminal street gang activity for the benefit of the criminal street gang. -§ 495.20 Solicitation for participation in a criminal street gang in the third degree. Soliciting or recruiting a person or threatening physical injury to participate in a criminal street gang. *New Class D felonies -§ 495.25 Solicitation for participation in a criminal street gang in the second degree intending to cause and causing physical injury to another person in order to coerce, induce, or solicit such person to participate in a criminal street gang. -§ 495.30 Solicitation of minors for participation in a criminal street gang Soliciting a person less than 18 years old. *New Class C felonies -§ 495.35 Solicitation of minors for participation in a criminal street gang on school grounds. Soliciting minors per 495.30 on school grounds. § 495,40 Sentencing. Enhanced sentencing provisions for persons convicted of participation in criminal street gang activity, depending on the status of the underlying specific offenses. *If a person is convicted of participation in criminal gang activity and at least one of the criminal gang activities is a violent felony offense, the crime of participation in criminal street gang activity shall also be deemed a violent felony offense. *Where the criminal street gang activity offense is a misdemeanor or class "A", "D", or "E" felony, the crime of participation in criminal street gang activity is deemed one category higher than the offense the defendant committed. * Where the crime is a class "B" felony, the minimum prison teLm will depend on which section of the Penal Law the defendant is sentenced under, and would range from a minimum of four years to a minimum of twelve years in prison. *Fourth, if the criminal street gang activity offense is a class "A-1" felony, the minimum sentence would be twenty years. § 5 Criminal street gang prevention fund as section 97-1111 in state finance law to receive appropriations, forfeitures, or other transfers. After appropriation, the monies may be used to support the criminal street gang and violence prevention partnership program, created in the State Education Department by this act § 6. Gang prevention programs. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25 Gang Prevention. It includes creation of Model gang violence curriculum, dress code concerning gang-related apparel, and the criminal street gang and violence prevention partnership program. § 7 Severability. EXISTING LAW : Current law contains crimes for gang assault but no comprehensive gang prevention program. The Organized Crime Control Act of Title X of the Penal Law applies to different conduct than that addressed by this bill. JUSTIFICATION : The threat of violence and the disruption of public order and safety presented by criminal street gangs has reached a crisis point that threatens the right of residents of this State to be secure and protected from fear, intimidation, and physical harm. The crimes committed by street gang are all too well-known by many New Yorkers, and range from petty crimes to murder and sexual assault. The damage done by criminal street gangs, however, cannot be measured merely by the toll they take on the victims of such crimes. Rather, the effects of criminal street gangs are far more insidious, and poison entire communities. It is in the public interest to establish a comprehensive approach to the protection of protect public order and individual safety from criminal street gangs and gang-related violence. This bill establishes such a comprehensive approach by increasing penalties for gang-related violence, creating anti-crime programs that focus on patterns of criminal gang activity and organization, expanding education and intervention to prevent the growth of criminal street gangs, and establishing an ongoing system of tracking criminal gang activity. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : S. 1701 - passed Senate 2015 S.4444 - passed Senate 2013, 2014; S 1742A of 2012 - Passed Senate; S.7929 of 2010 - Referred to Codes FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE : This act shall take effect January 1 of the year next succeeding its enactment.
2017-S2410 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2410 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the penal law, the state finance law and the education law, in relation to defining offenses involving criminal street gangs, creating the criminal street gang prevention fund, and providing for gang prevention services in schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York State criminal street gang act". § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature hereby finds that preservation of public order and improvement of individual safety and security can be improved by a comprehensive, targeted, and systemic enhancement of state laws applicable to criminal street gangs and their activities in order to prevent the growth of such gangs, facilitate prosecution and punishment of their members for unlawful acts, and punish those who solicit others to participate in such gangs and in acts of gang-related violence and unlawfulness or who provide support or resources to those who commit or encourage the commission of such acts. The legislature therefore declares it to be in every sense in the public interest to establish the comprehensive approach to the protection of public order and individual safety enacted by this act that will enhance prosecution and punishment of the unlawful activities of criminal street gangs, prevent their growth and ability to recruit members, and expand effective anti-gang education and intervention activities by the state and its localities. § 3. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 1349 of the civil prac- tice law and rules, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03824-01-7
S. 2410 2 (g) Forty percent of all moneys realized through forfeiture which are remaining after distributions pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (f) of this subdivision, to the chemical dependence service fund established pursuant to section ninety-seven-w of the state finance law, EXCEPT THAT IN THE CASE OF ANY SUCH MONIES REALIZED THROUGH FORFEITURE RESULTING FROM CONVICTIONS OBTAINED UNDER ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW, SUCH FORTY PERCENT SHALL BE PAID INTO THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-PPPP OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW; § 4. The penal law is amended by adding a new title Y-1-A to read as follows: TITLE Y-1-A OFFENSES INVOLVING CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ARTICLE 495 CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION ACT SECTION 495.05 DEFINITIONS. 495.10 ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. 495.15 PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. 495.20 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE. 495.25 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE. 495.30 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. 495.35 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. 495.40 SENTENCING. § 495.05 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE: 1. "CRIMINAL STREET GANG" MEANS A STREET GANG THAT ENGAGES IN A PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY FOR ITS BENEFIT OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "STREET GANG" MEANS AND INCLUDES ANY FORMAL OR INFORMAL ASSOCIATION IN FACT OF TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED BY A COMMON NAME, SIGN, DRESS, SYMBOLS, TATTOOS, OR OTHER MARK OR MARKINGS. 2. "PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG" MEANS (A) THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY BY A PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING, MAINTAINING OR INCREASING SUCH PERSON'S POSITION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, OR (B) THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY AT THE DIRECTION OF OR WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF TWO OR MORE MEMBERS OF A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, OR (C) KNOWINGLY USING THE ASSETS OF A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR (D) THE KNOWING RECEIPT OF ANY PROCEEDS OR BENEFITS, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, INCLUDING THE RECEIPT OF ANY SUBSTITUTED ASSET OBTAINED OR CONVERTED FROM PROCEEDS OF SUCH ACT. 3. "PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY" MEANS THE COMMISSION OF TWO OR MORE DISCREET ACTS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, ONE OF WHICH OCCURRED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE LAST OF WHICH OCCURRED WITHIN THREE YEARS (EXCLUDING ANY PERIOD OF IMPRISONMENT) AFTER THE COMMISSION OF A PRIOR ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY" ALSO MEANS AND INCLUDES THE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT, SOLICIT, ATTEMPT, AID AND ABET THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY; S. 2410 3 4. "CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY" MEANS ANY FELONY CRIMINAL 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 120.06 (GANG ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.07 (GANG ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.10 (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.12 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PERSON LESS THAN ELEVEN YEARS OLD); 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 ENDAN- GERMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.25 (RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 121.12 (STRANGULATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 121.13 (STRANGULATION 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 125.27 (MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 125.25 (MURDER IN THE SECOND 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); SUBDIVI- SION ONE OF SECTION 130.35 (RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.50 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.65 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.67 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE); PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.70 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.05 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.10 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISON- MENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.20 (KIDNAPPING IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.25 (KIDNAPPING IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.60 (COERCION IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.65 (COERCION IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 140.10 (CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 140.15 (CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.17 (CRIMI- NAL TRESPASS IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 140.20 (BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 140.25 (BURGLARY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.30 (BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 145.00 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 145.05 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 145.10 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 145.12 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 150.05 (ARSON IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 150.10 (ARSON IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 150.15 (ARSON IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 150.20 (ARSON IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 155.25 (PETIT LARCENY); SECTION 155.30 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 155.35 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 155.40 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 155.42 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 160.05 (ROBBERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 160.10 (ROBBERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 160.15 (ROBBERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTIONS 210.10 AND 210.15 (PERJURY); SECTIONS 215.00, 215.05, 215.11, 215.12, 215.13, 215.15, 215.16, 215.17, 215.19 (BRIBERY, TAMPERING WITH A JUROR); SECTIONS 220.06, 220.09, 220.16, 220.18, 220.21, 220.28, 220.31, 220.34, 220.39, 220.41, 220.43, 220.44 (CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SALE AND POSSESSION); SECTIONS 240.06, 240.15, 240.31, 240.32, 240.46, 240.55, 240.60, 240.61, 240.62, 240.63, 240.71, 240.72, 240.73, 240.75 (RIOT AND OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER); SECTION 240.25 (HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO, OR FOUR OF SECTION 240.30 (AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 242.15 (HARMING A SERVICE ANIMAL IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTIONS 250.05, 250.45, 250.50, 250.60 (WIRETAPPING, UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE, AND OFFENSES AGAINST THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY); SECTION 270.20 (UNLAWFUL WEARING OF A BODY VEST); AND SECTIONS 270.30 S. 2410 4 AND 270.35 (UNLAWFUL FLEEING A POLICE OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE); DRUG TRAFFICKING FELONY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION 10.00; OR ANY OFFENSE DEFINED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER: SECTION 120.03, 120.04, 120.04-A, 120.05, 120.08, 120.09, 120.10, 120.11, 120.13, 120.18, 120.55, 120.60, 125.12, 125.13, 125.14, 125.15, 125.20, 125.21, 125.22, 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 135.65, 140.17, 140.20, 140.25, 140.30, 145.00, 145.05, 145.10, 145.12, 145.60, 145.65, 190.25, 190.26, 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.80-A, 200.00, 200.03, 205.60, 205.65, 230.19, 230.20, 230.25, 230.32, 230.33, OR 230.34; 265.11, 265.12, OR 235.13, AS SUCH PROVISIONS WERE IN EFFECT PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF CHAPTER ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN; ARTI- CLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY, TWO HUNDRED TEN, FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY, FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OR FOUR HUNDRED NINETY; OR ANY FELONY OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY, ONE HUNDRED THIR- TY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN, TWO HUNDRED FORTY, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY OR TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE; OR ANY ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ANY OF THE FOREGOING OFFENSES. § 495.10 ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY WHEN SUCH PERSON KNOWINGLY ACCEPTS FROM A CRIMINAL STREET GANG THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM THE COMMISSION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR OF ANY SUBSTITUTED ASSET OBTAINED OR CONVERTED FROM PROCEEDS OR BENEFITS DERIVED FROM SUCH ACT. ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS E FELONY. § 495.15 PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY WHEN, ACTING AS A MEMBER OF A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, SUCH PERSON KNOWING- LY PROMOTES, FURTHERS, ASSISTS IN, CONDUCTS, FACILITATES, OR PARTIC- IPATES IN THE COMMISSION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR KNOWINGLY RECEIVES THE BENEFITS FROM CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR USES OR INVESTS THE INCOME, ASSETS, PROCEEDS, OR SUBSTITUTE PROCEEDS, FROM CRIM- INAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG. PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS E FELONY. § 495.20 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE IF SUCH PERSON SOLICITS OR RECRUITS ANOTHER TO PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, OR THREATENS A PERSON WITH PHYSICAL INJURY WITH THE INTENT TO COERCE, INDUCE, OR SOLICIT SUCH PERSON OR ANOTHER TO PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY. § 495.25 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON, SUCH PERSON CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON IN ORDER TO COERCE, INDUCE, OR SOLICIT SUCH PERSON TO PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY. § 495.30 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. S. 2410 5 A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS, FACILITATES, OR CONSPIRES TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND THE PERSON SOLICITED IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IS A CLASS D FELONY. § 495.35 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS, FACILI- TATES, OR CONSPIRES TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHILE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL GROUNDS" MEANS "SCHOOL GROUNDS" AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 220.00 OF THIS CHAPTER. SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS IS A CLASS C FELONY. § 495.40 SENTENCING. 1. WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AND ONE OR MORE OF THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING SUCH PARTICIPATION IS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY SHALL BE DEEMED A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE. 2. WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A MISDEMEANOR OR A CLASS C, D OR E FELONY, THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE ONE CATEGORY HIGHER THAN THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED, OR ONE CATEGORY HIGHER THAN THE OFFENSE LEVEL APPLICABLE TO THE DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION FOR AN ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE. 3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND THE UNDERLYING CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIV- ITY OR PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS B FELONY: (A) THE MAXIMUM TERM OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST SIX YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.00 OF THIS CHAPTER; (B) THE TERM OF THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.02 OF THIS CHAPTER; (C) THE TERM OF THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST TWELVE YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.04 OF THIS CHAPTER; (D) THE MAXIMUM TERM OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.05 OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (E) THE MAXIMUM TERM OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE OR THE TERM OF THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.06 OF THIS CHAPTER. 4. ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTAND- ING, WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS A-1 FELONY, THE MINIMUM PERIOD OF THE S. 2410 6 INDETERMINATE SENTENCE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY YEARS OF IMPRISON- MENT. § 5. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-pppp to read as follows: § 97-PPPP. CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AN ACCOUNT OF THE MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND. 2. THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND SHALL CONSIST OF MONEYS APPROPRIATED THERETO, FUNDS TRANSFERRED FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCES, AND MONEYS DEPOSITED THEREIN PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES OR ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW. 3. MONEYS OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, MAY BE EXPENDED TO SUPPORT THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIR- TEEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW. MONEYS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE ACCOUNT ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COLLAB- ORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. § 6. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25 to read as follows: ARTICLE 25 GANG PREVENTION SECTION 1210. GANG PREVENTION. 1211. MODEL GANG VIOLENCE CURRICULUM; PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. 1212. DRESS CODE CONCERNING GANG-RELATED APPAREL. 1213. CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. § 1210. GANG PREVENTION. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES REGARDING GANG VIOLENCE, SHALL: (A) PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE TO SCHOOLS GUIDELINES FOR INCORPORATING IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN GANG VIOLENCE INTO STAFF DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL, AND SHALL, UPON REQUEST, ASSIST ANY SCHOOL IN DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE GANG VIOLENCE IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE SUCH INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES SHALL ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORT BY SHARING RESOURCES; ADAPTING OR ADOPTING MODEL IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS; DEVELOPING JOINT AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS; AND COORDINATING EFFORTS WITH EXISTING GANG VIOLENCE STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, COUNTY AND CITY LAW ENFORCE- MENT AGENCIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES PROVIDING GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION, OR OTHER RELATED SERVICES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL; AND (B) ASSIST SCHOOLS SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR RECEIPT OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. 2. THE TERM "GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION IN-SERVICE TRAINING" AS USED IN THIS SECTION MEANS THE PRESENTATION OF PROGRAMS, INSTRUCTION, AND CURRICULA THAT WILL HELP EDUCATORS DEVELOP COMPETENCIES IN INTERACTING IN A POSITIVE MANNER WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS TO ASSIST THEM IN DEVELOPING THE POSITIVE VALUES, SELF-ESTEEM, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS TO LEAD PRODUCTIVE, GANG-FREE, AND DRUG-FREE LIVES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAUSES OF S. 2410 7 GANG VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND TRAINING REGARDING AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES CONCERNING GANG VIOLENCE. § 1211. MODEL GANG VIOLENCE CURRICULUM; PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION CURRICULUM FOR USE IN SCHOOLS, AND SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN INDEPENDENT BIENNIAL EVALUATION OF THE CURRICULUM AND OF PUPIL OUTCOMES. 2. IN DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL ASSESS THE CURRENT STATUS OF SCHOOL CRIME COMMITTED ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND AT SCHOOL-RELAT- ED FUNCTIONS, AND IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND ADDRESS THE SCHOOL'S PROCEDURES FOR COMPLYING WITH EXISTING LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY. 3. UPON REQUEST, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE ENCOURAGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SHARE RESOURCES, DEVELOP JOINT AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS, AND COORDINATE EFFORTS WITH OTHER EXISTING STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS. § 1212. DRESS CODE CONCERNING GANG-RELATED APPAREL. ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR THE TRUSTEES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE, HOWEVER CREATED, AND EVERY BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY VOCATIONAL EXTENSION BOARD MAY ADOPT OR RESCIND A DRESS CODE POLICY THAT REQUIRES PUPILS TO WEAR A SCHOOL-WIDE UNIFORM OR PROHIBITS PUPILS FROM WEARING "GANG-RELATED APPAREL". § 1213. CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMI- NAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL EVALUATE REQUESTS FOR FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FROM THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-PPPP OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. ALL SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE DISBURSED TO NON-PROFIT AGENCIES THAT COMPLY WITH THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND WHO MEET FUNDING CRITERIA. 2. GRANTS DISBURSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY ENHANCE BUT SHALL NOT SUPPLANT LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE AVAIL- ABLE FOR THE PREVENTION OR INTERVENTION OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN GANGS, CRIME, OR VIOLENCE. GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT INFORMS APPLICANTS OF THE PURPOSES AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO BE AWARDED AND SOLICITS PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE SERVICES CONSIST- ENT WITH THIS ARTICLE. AGENCIES RECEIVING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL UTILIZE THE FUNDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PREVENT OR DETER AT-RISK YOUTH FROM PARTICIPATING IN GANGS, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. SUCH FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR SERVICES OR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SUPPRESSION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCARCERATION, OR OTHER PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE PREVENTION AND DETERRENCE OF GANGS, CRIME, AND VIOLENCE. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PREVENT FUNDS FROM BEING USED FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND GANG CRIME DETERRENCE SERVICES PROVIDED BY NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO YOUTHS INCARCERATED IN JUVE- NILE DETENTION FACILITIES. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDED WITH FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE USED FOR AT-RISK YOUTH WHO ARE DEFINED AS PERSONS FROM AGE FIVE TO TWENTY YEARS OF AGE AND WHO ARE CURRENT OR FORMER GANG MEMBERS, OR WHO HAVE ONE OR MORE FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING AT HOME WHO ARE CURRENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF A GANG. S. 2410 8 3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AFTER TWO YEARS OF PROGRAM OPERATION AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE EVALUATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY STAFF OR AN INDEPENDENT BODY THAT HAS EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATING PROGRAMS OPER- ATED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR NONPROFIT AGENCIES. AFTER TWO YEARS OF PROGRAM OPERATION, AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE DESCRIBING IN DETAIL THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED. 4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADDITIONALLY BE EMPOWERED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, COORDINATED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTEEN-B OF THE CORRECTION LAW, WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS GANG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHEREBY INMATES CAN RECEIVE INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE IMPACT OF AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GANG AFFILIATION, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT SERVICES IN RELATION TO THE CESSATION OF GANG MEMBERSHIP. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED FROM THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND OR FROM ANY OTHER APPROPRI- ATIONS MADE OR FUNDS OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO SUCH PROGRAM. § 7. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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2017-S2410A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5477
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Add Title Y-1-A Art 495 §§495.05 - 495.40, Pen L; amd §1349, CPLR; add §97-pppp, St Fin L; add Art 25 §§1210 - 1213, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S7929
2011-2012: S1742
2013-2014: S4444, A7983
2015-2016: S1701, A5106
2017-S2410A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2410A SPONSOR: GOLDEN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, the penal law, the state finance law and the education law, in relation to defining offenses involving criminal street gangs, creating the criminal street gang prevention fund, and providing for gang prevention services in schools PURPOSE:: To provide a comprehensive statutory framework for the prosecution and prevention of criminal street gang activity. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: Section 1. Short title. the "New York State criminal street gang enforcement and prevention act." § 2 Legislative findings and purpose.
§ 3 Forfeiture. Amends paragraph (g) of subdivision two of section 1349 of CPLR to apply similar 40% forfeiture provisions for property seized under the new gang provisions as for chemical dependence, funds to be deposited in the new criminal street gang prevention fund created by this act and to be used for grants to schools for criminal street gang prevention. § 4 Penalties & definitions. Creates Title Y-1-A in the Penal Law, Offenses Involving Criminal Street Gangs, and new Article 495, the Crim- inal Street Gangs Enforcement And Prevention Act. Definitions (§ 495.05). 1. Criminal street gang - a street gang that engages in a pattern of criminal street gang activity for its benefit or for the benefit of one or more members. "Street gang" is an association in fact of two or more individuals identified by a common name, sign, dress, symbols, tattoos, or other mark or markings. 2. Participation in a Criminal Street Gang means a) committing an act of criminal street gang activity to obtain, maintain or increase position in a criminal street gang; b) committing any act of criminal street gang activity at the direction of or with the knowledge of two or more members of a criminal street gang; c) knowingly using the assets of a criminal street gang in the commission of any act of criminal street gang activity, d) knowing receipt of any proceeds or benefits from the commission of any act of criminal street gang activity. 3. Pattern of criminal street gang activity means the commission of two or more discreet acts of criminal street gang activity within three years, including the conspiracy to commit, solicit, attempt, or aid and abet the commission of any act of criminal street gang activity; 4. Criminal street gang activity includes the crimes that constitute criminal street gang activity. Importantly, this definition does not affect the application of the included criminal statutes, rather it includes them in the kinds of activities deemed criminal street gang activity Regarding guns, and gun crimes, the crimes included are crimi- nal sale of a firearm in the third degree (265 11), second (265 12), and first degree (265.13), as such statutes were in effect prior to the passage of the SAFE Act. *New Class E felonies: -§ 495.10 Accepting the benefits or proceeds of criminal street gang activity. Knowing accepting from a criminal street gang the benefits or proceeds from criminal street gang activity, or of any substituted asset obtained or converted. -§ 495.15 Participation in criminal street gang activity. Acting as a member of a criminal street gang, a person knowingly promotes, furthers, assists in, conducts, facilitates, or participates in commission of criminal street gang activity, or knowingly receives the benefits from such activity, or uses or invests the income, assets, proceeds, or substitute proceeds, from criminal street gang activity for the benefit of the criminal street gang. -§ 495.20 Solicitation for participation in a criminal street gang in the third degree. Soliciting or recruiting a person or threatening phys- ical injury to participate in a criminal street gang. *New Class D felonies -§ 495.25 Solicitation for participation in a criminal street gang in the second degree intending to cause and causing physical injury to another person in order to coerce, induce, or solicit such person to participate in a criminal street gang. -§ 495.30 Solicitation of minors for participation in a criminal street gang Soliciting a person less than 18 years old. *New Class C felonies -§ 495.35 Solicitation of minors for participation in a criminal street gang on school grounds. Soliciting minors per 495.30 on school grounds. § 495,40 Sentencing. Enhanced sentencing provisions for persons convicted of participation in criminal street gang activity, depending on the status of the underlying specific offenses. *If a person is convicted of participation in criminal gang activity and at least one of the criminal gang activities is a violent felony offense, the crime of participation in criminal street gang activity shall also be deemed a violent felony offense. *Where the criminal street gang activity offense is a misdemeanor or class "A", "D", or "E" felony, the crime of participation in criminal street gang activity is deemed one category higher than the offense the defendant committed. * Where the crime is a class "B" felony, the minimum prison term will depend on which section of the Penal Law the defendant is sentenced under, and would range from a minimum of four years to a minimum of twelve years in prison. *Fourth, if the criminal street gang activity offense is a class "A-1" felony, the minimum sentence would be twenty years. § 5 Criminal street gang prevention fund as section 97-1111 in state finance law to receive appropriations, forfeitures, or other transfers. After appropriation, the monies may be used to support the criminal street gang and violence prevention partnership program, created in the State Education Department by this act § 6. Gang prevention programs. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25 Gang Prevention. It includes creation of Model gang violence curriculum, dress code concerning gang-related apparel, and the criminal street gang and violence prevention partnership program. § 7 Severability. EXISTING LAW: Current law contains crimes for gang assault but no comprehensive gang prevention program. The Organized Crime Control Act of Title X of the Penal Law applies to different conduct than that addressed by this bill. JUSTIFICATION:: The threat of violence and the disruption of public order and safety presented by criminal street gangs has reached a crisis point that threatens the right of residents of this State to be secure and protected from fear, intimidation, and physical harm. The crimes commit- ted by street gang are all too well-known by many New Yorkers, and range from petty crimes to murder and sexual assault. The damage done by crim- inal street gangs, however, cannot be measured merely by the toll they take on the victims of such crimes. Rather, the effects of criminal street gangs are far more insidious, and poison entire communities. It is in the public interest to establish a comprehensive approach to the protection of protect public order and individual safety from crimi- nal street gangs and gang-related violence. This bill establishes such a comprehensive approach by increasing penalties for gang-related violence, creating anti-crime programs that focus on patterns of crimi- nal gang activity and organization, expanding education and intervention to prevent the growth of criminal street gangs, and establishing an ongoing system of tracking criminal gang activity. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: S. 2410 - passed Senate 2017 S. 1701 - passed Senate 2015 S.4444 - passed Senate 2013, 2014 S.1742A of 2012 - Passed Senate S.7929 of 2010 - Referred to Codes FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:: To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE:: This act shall take effect January 1 of the year next succeeding its enactment.
2017-S2410A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2410--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, AKSHAR, BOYLE, CROCI, GALLIVAN, HELMING, JACOBS, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, ORTT, PHILLIPS, ROBACH, SERINO, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the penal law, the state finance law and the education law, in relation to defining offenses involving criminal street gangs, creating the criminal street gang prevention fund, and providing for gang prevention services in schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York State criminal street gang act". § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature hereby finds that preservation of public order and improvement of individual safety and security can be improved by a comprehensive, targeted, and systemic enhancement of state laws applicable to criminal street gangs and their activities in order to prevent the growth of such gangs, facilitate prosecution and punishment of their members for unlawful acts, and punish those who solicit others to participate in such gangs and in acts of gang-related violence and unlawfulness or who provide support or resources to those who commit or encourage the commission of such acts. The legislature therefore declares it to be in every sense in the public interest to establish the comprehensive approach to the protection of public order and individual safety enacted by this act that will enhance prosecution and punishment of the unlawful activities of criminal street gangs, prevent their growth and ability to recruit EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03824-02-8
S. 2410--A 2 members, and expand effective anti-gang education and intervention activities by the state and its localities. § 3. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 1349 of the civil prac- tice law and rules, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: (g) Forty percent of all moneys realized through forfeiture which are remaining after distributions pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (f) of this subdivision, to the chemical dependence service fund established pursuant to section ninety-seven-w of the state finance law, EXCEPT THAT IN THE CASE OF ANY SUCH MONIES REALIZED THROUGH FORFEITURE RESULTING FROM CONVICTIONS OBTAINED UNDER ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW, SUCH FORTY PERCENT SHALL BE PAID INTO THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-RRRR OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW; § 4. The penal law is amended by adding a new title Y-1-A to read as follows: TITLE Y-1-A OFFENSES INVOLVING CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ARTICLE 495 CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION ACT SECTION 495.05 DEFINITIONS. 495.10 ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. 495.15 PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. 495.20 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE. 495.25 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE. 495.30 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. 495.35 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. 495.40 SENTENCING. § 495.05 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE: 1. "CRIMINAL STREET GANG" MEANS A STREET GANG THAT ENGAGES IN A PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY FOR ITS BENEFIT OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "STREET GANG" MEANS AND INCLUDES ANY FORMAL OR INFORMAL ASSOCIATION IN FACT OF TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED BY A COMMON NAME, SIGN, DRESS, SYMBOLS, TATTOOS, OR OTHER MARK OR MARKINGS. 2. "PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG" MEANS (A) THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY BY A PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING, MAINTAINING OR INCREASING SUCH PERSON'S POSITION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, OR (B) THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY AT THE DIRECTION OF OR WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF TWO OR MORE MEMBERS OF A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, OR (C) KNOWINGLY USING THE ASSETS OF A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR (D) THE KNOWING RECEIPT OF ANY PROCEEDS OR BENEFITS, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, INCLUDING THE RECEIPT OF ANY SUBSTITUTED ASSET OBTAINED OR CONVERTED FROM PROCEEDS OF SUCH ACT. 3. "PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY" MEANS THE COMMISSION OF TWO OR MORE DISCREET ACTS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, ONE OF WHICH OCCURRED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE LAST OF WHICH OCCURRED WITHIN THREE YEARS (EXCLUDING ANY PERIOD OF IMPRISONMENT) AFTER S. 2410--A 3 THE COMMISSION OF A PRIOR ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY" ALSO MEANS AND INCLUDES THE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT, SOLICIT, ATTEMPT, AID AND ABET THE COMMISSION OF ANY ACT OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY; 4. "CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY" MEANS ANY CRIMINAL 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 120.06 (GANG ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.07 (GANG ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.10 (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.12 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PERSON LESS THAN ELEVEN YEARS OLD); 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 121.12 (STRANGULATION IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 121.13 (STRANGULATION 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 125.27 (MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 125.25 (MURDER IN THE SECOND 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 130.35 (RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.50 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.65 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.67 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE); PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.70 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.05 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.10 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.20 (KIDNAPPING IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.25 (KIDNAPPING IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.60 (COERCION IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.65 (COERCION IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 140.10 (CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 140.15 (CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.17 (CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 140.20 (BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 140.25 (BURGLARY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.30 (BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 145.00 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 145.05 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 145.10 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 145.12 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 150.05 (ARSON IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 150.10 (ARSON IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 150.15 (ARSON IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 150.20 (ARSON IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 155.25 (PETIT LARCENY); SECTION 155.30 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 155.35 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 155.40 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 155.42 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 160.05 (ROBBERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 160.10 (ROBBERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 160.15 (ROBBERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTIONS 210.10 AND 210.15 (PERJURY); SECTIONS 215.00, 215.05, 215.11, 215.12, 215.13, 215.15, 215.16, 215.17, 215.19 (BRIBERY, TAMPERING WITH A JUROR); SECTIONS 220.06, 220.09, 220.16, 220.18, 220.21, 220.28, 220.31, 220.34, 220.39, 220.41, 220.43, 220.44 (CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SALE AND POSSESSION); SECTIONS 240.06, 240.15, 240.31, 240.32, 240.46, 240.55, 240.60, 240.61, 240.62, 240.63, 240.71, 240.72, 240.73, 240.75 (RIOT AND OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER); SECTION 240.25 (HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO, OR FOUR OF SECTION 240.30 (AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT S. 2410--A 4 IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 242.15 (HARMING A SERVICE ANIMAL IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTIONS 250.05, 250.45, 250.50, 250.60 (WIRETAPPING, UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE, AND OFFENSES AGAINST THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY); SECTION 270.20 (UNLAWFUL WEARING OF A BODY VEST); AND SECTIONS 270.30 AND 270.35 (UNLAWFUL FLEEING A POLICE OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE); DRUG TRAFFICKING FELONY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION 10.00; OR ANY OFFENSE DEFINED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER: SECTION 120.03, 120.04, 120.04-A, 120.05, 120.08, 120.09, 120.10, 120.11, 120.13, 120.18, 120.55, 120.60, 125.12, 125.13, 125.14, 125.15, 125.20, 125.21, 125.22, 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 135.65, 140.17, 140.20, 140.25, 140.30, 145.00, 145.05, 145.10, 145.12, 145.60, 145.65, 190.25, 190.26, 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.80-A, 200.00, 200.03, 205.60, 205.65, 230.19, 230.20, 230.25, 230.32, 230.33, OR 230.34; 265.11, 265.12, OR 235.13, AS SUCH PROVISIONS WERE IN EFFECT PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF CHAPTER ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN; ARTI- CLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY, TWO HUNDRED TEN, FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY, FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OR FOUR HUNDRED NINETY; OR ANY FELONY OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY, ONE HUNDRED THIR- TY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN, TWO HUNDRED FORTY, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY OR TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE; OR ANY ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ANY OF THE FOREGOING OFFENSES. § 495.10 ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY WHEN SUCH PERSON KNOWINGLY ACCEPTS FROM A CRIMINAL STREET GANG THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM THE COMMISSION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR OF ANY SUBSTITUTED ASSET OBTAINED OR CONVERTED FROM PROCEEDS OR BENEFITS DERIVED FROM SUCH ACT. ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS E FELONY. § 495.15 PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY WHEN, ACTING AS A MEMBER OF A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, SUCH PERSON KNOWING- LY PROMOTES, FURTHERS, ASSISTS IN, CONDUCTS, FACILITATES, OR PARTIC- IPATES IN THE COMMISSION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR KNOWINGLY RECEIVES THE BENEFITS FROM CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, OR USES OR INVESTS THE INCOME, ASSETS, PROCEEDS, OR SUBSTITUTE PROCEEDS, FROM CRIM- INAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG. PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS E FELONY. § 495.20 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE IF SUCH PERSON SOLICITS OR RECRUITS ANOTHER TO PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, OR THREATENS A PERSON WITH PHYSICAL INJURY WITH THE INTENT TO COERCE, INDUCE, OR SOLICIT SUCH PERSON OR ANOTHER TO PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY. § 495.25 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON, SUCH PERSON CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON IN ORDER TO COERCE, INDUCE, OR SOLICIT SUCH PERSON TO PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. S. 2410--A 5 SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY. § 495.30 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS, FACILITATES, OR CONSPIRES TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF SOLICITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND THE PERSON SOLICITED IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG IS A CLASS D FELONY. § 495.35 SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS, FACILI- TATES, OR CONSPIRES TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHILE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL GROUNDS" MEANS "SCHOOL GROUNDS" AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 220.00 OF THIS CHAPTER. SOLICITATION OF MINORS FOR PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS IS A CLASS C FELONY. § 495.40 SENTENCING. 1. WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AND ONE OR MORE OF THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING SUCH PARTICIPATION IS A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY SHALL BE DEEMED A VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSE. 2. WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A MISDEMEANOR OR A CLASS C, D OR E FELONY, THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE ONE CATEGORY HIGHER THAN THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED, OR ONE CATEGORY HIGHER THAN THE OFFENSE LEVEL APPLICABLE TO THE DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION FOR AN ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE. 3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND THE UNDERLYING CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIV- ITY OR PATTERN OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS B FELONY: (A) THE MAXIMUM TERM OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST SIX YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.00 OF THIS CHAPTER; (B) THE TERM OF THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.02 OF THIS CHAPTER; (C) THE TERM OF THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST TWELVE YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.04 OF THIS CHAPTER; (D) THE MAXIMUM TERM OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.05 OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (E) THE MAXIMUM TERM OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE OR THE TERM OF THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE MUST BE AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED PURSUANT TO SECTION 70.06 OF THIS CHAPTER. S. 2410--A 6 4. ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTAND- ING, WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF PARTICIPATION IN CRIMI- NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY IS A CLASS A-1 FELONY, THE MINIMUM PERIOD OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY YEARS OF IMPRISON- MENT. § 5. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-rrrr to read as follows: § 97-RRRR. CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AN ACCOUNT OF THE MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND. 2. THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND SHALL CONSIST OF MONEYS APPROPRIATED THERETO, FUNDS TRANSFERRED FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCES, AND MONEYS DEPOSITED THEREIN PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES OR ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW. 3. MONEYS OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, MAY BE EXPENDED TO SUPPORT THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIR- TEEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW. MONEYS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE ACCOUNT ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COLLAB- ORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. § 6. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25 to read as follows: ARTICLE 25 GANG PREVENTION SECTION 1210. GANG PREVENTION. 1211. MODEL GANG VIOLENCE CURRICULUM; PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. 1212. DRESS CODE CONCERNING GANG-RELATED APPAREL. 1213. CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. § 1210. GANG PREVENTION. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES REGARDING GANG VIOLENCE, SHALL: (A) PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE TO SCHOOLS GUIDELINES FOR INCORPORATING IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN GANG VIOLENCE INTO STAFF DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL, AND SHALL, UPON REQUEST, ASSIST ANY SCHOOL IN DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE GANG VIOLENCE IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE SUCH INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES SHALL ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORT BY SHARING RESOURCES; ADAPTING OR ADOPTING MODEL IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS; DEVELOPING JOINT AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS; AND COORDINATING EFFORTS WITH EXISTING GANG VIOLENCE STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, COUNTY AND CITY LAW ENFORCE- MENT AGENCIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES PROVIDING GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION, OR OTHER RELATED SERVICES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL; AND (B) ASSIST SCHOOLS SEEKING TO QUALIFY FOR RECEIPT OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. 2. THE TERM "GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION IN-SERVICE TRAINING" AS USED IN THIS SECTION MEANS THE PRESENTATION OF PROGRAMS, INSTRUCTION, AND CURRICULA THAT WILL HELP EDUCATORS DEVELOP COMPETENCIES IN INTERACTING IN A POSITIVE MANNER WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH S. 2410--A 7 AND THEIR PARENTS TO ASSIST THEM IN DEVELOPING THE POSITIVE VALUES, SELF-ESTEEM, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS TO LEAD PRODUCTIVE, GANG-FREE, AND DRUG-FREE LIVES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAUSES OF GANG VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND TRAINING REGARDING AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES CONCERNING GANG VIOLENCE. § 1211. MODEL GANG VIOLENCE CURRICULUM; PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION CURRICULUM FOR USE IN SCHOOLS, AND SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN INDEPENDENT BIENNIAL EVALUATION OF THE CURRICULUM AND OF PUPIL OUTCOMES. 2. IN DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL ASSESS THE CURRENT STATUS OF SCHOOL CRIME COMMITTED ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND AT SCHOOL-RELAT- ED FUNCTIONS, AND IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND ADDRESS THE SCHOOL'S PROCEDURES FOR COMPLYING WITH EXISTING LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY. 3. UPON REQUEST, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE ENCOURAGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SHARE RESOURCES, DEVELOP JOINT AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS, AND COORDINATE EFFORTS WITH OTHER EXISTING STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS. § 1212. DRESS CODE CONCERNING GANG-RELATED APPAREL. ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR THE TRUSTEES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE, HOWEVER CREATED, AND EVERY BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY VOCATIONAL EXTENSION BOARD MAY ADOPT OR RESCIND A DRESS CODE POLICY THAT REQUIRES PUPILS TO WEAR A SCHOOL-WIDE UNIFORM OR PROHIBITS PUPILS FROM WEARING "GANG-RELATED APPAREL". § 1213. CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMI- NAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL EVALUATE REQUESTS FOR FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FROM THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-RRRR OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. ALL SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE DISBURSED TO NON-PROFIT AGENCIES THAT COMPLY WITH THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND WHO MEET FUNDING CRITERIA. 2. GRANTS DISBURSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY ENHANCE BUT SHALL NOT SUPPLANT LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE AVAIL- ABLE FOR THE PREVENTION OR INTERVENTION OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN GANGS, CRIME, OR VIOLENCE. GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT INFORMS APPLICANTS OF THE PURPOSES AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO BE AWARDED AND SOLICITS PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE SERVICES CONSIST- ENT WITH THIS ARTICLE. AGENCIES RECEIVING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL UTILIZE THE FUNDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PREVENT OR DETER AT-RISK YOUTH FROM PARTICIPATING IN GANGS, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. SUCH FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR SERVICES OR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SUPPRESSION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCARCERATION, OR OTHER PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE PREVENTION AND DETERRENCE OF GANGS, CRIME, AND VIOLENCE. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PREVENT FUNDS FROM BEING USED FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND GANG CRIME DETERRENCE SERVICES PROVIDED BY NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO YOUTHS INCARCERATED IN JUVE- NILE DETENTION FACILITIES. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDED WITH FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE USED FOR AT-RISK YOUTH WHO ARE DEFINED AS S. 2410--A 8 PERSONS FROM AGE FIVE TO TWENTY YEARS OF AGE AND WHO ARE CURRENT OR FORMER GANG MEMBERS, OR WHO HAVE ONE OR MORE FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING AT HOME WHO ARE CURRENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF A GANG. 3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AFTER TWO YEARS OF PROGRAM OPERATION AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE EVALUATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY STAFF OR AN INDEPENDENT BODY THAT HAS EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATING PROGRAMS OPER- ATED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR NONPROFIT AGENCIES. AFTER TWO YEARS OF PROGRAM OPERATION, AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE DESCRIBING IN DETAIL THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED. 4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADDITIONALLY BE EMPOWERED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, COORDINATED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTEEN-B OF THE CORRECTION LAW, WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS GANG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHEREBY INMATES CAN RECEIVE INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE IMPACT OF AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GANG AFFILIATION, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT SERVICES IN RELATION TO THE CESSATION OF GANG MEMBERSHIP. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED FROM THE CRIMINAL STREET GANG PREVENTION FUND OR FROM ANY OTHER APPROPRI- ATIONS MADE OR FUNDS OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO SUCH PROGRAM. § 7. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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