Assembly Bill A6049

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates the crime of unlawful defilement of a water supply

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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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2019-A6049 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §490.60, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11128, A3194
2011-2012: A3610
2013-2014: A3420
2015-2016: A3216
2017-2018: A4379

2019-A6049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of unlawful defilement of a water supply; provides that a person is guilty of such crime when he introduces, places, or causes to be introduced or placed a defiling agent into a water supply; makes definitions; establishes such crime as a class B felony.

2019-A6049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6049
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAGNAREL-
   LI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to unlawful defilement of a
   water supply
 
   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 490.60 to
 read as follows:
 § 490.60 UNLAWFUL DEFILEMENT OF A WATER SUPPLY.
   1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "WATER SUPPLY" MEANS ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE TRANSMISSION  FACILITY,
 TREATMENT  FACILITY, SOURCE OF SUPPLY FACILITY, WELL OR RESERVOIR, WHICH
 PROVIDES POTABLE WATER FOR RESIDENTIAL,  COMMERCIAL,  INDUSTRIAL  AND/OR
 FIRE SERVICE NEEDS.
   (B)  "DEFILING  AGENT"  MEANS  ANY CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL OR RADIOACTIVE
 AGENT OR SUBSTANCE, WHICH IS CAPABLE, WHEN INTRODUCED OR PLACED  INTO  A
 WATER  SUPPLY,  OF CAUSING THE SICKNESS, PHYSICAL INJURY, SEVERE DISFIG-
 UREMENT, OR DEATH OF A HUMAN BEING, OR CAUSING IRREPARABLE HARM TO  SUCH
 WATER  SUPPLY,  OR CAUSING A DISTURBANCE TO THE PUBLIC PEACE. A DEFILING
 AGENT SHALL NOT INCLUDE A SUBSTANCE WHICH IS INTRODUCED OR PLACED INTO A
 WATER SUPPLY BY ANY MUNICIPAL OR STATE ENTITY, OR WHICH IS INTRODUCED OR
 PLACED INTO A WATER SUPPLY BY ANY AGRICULTURAL OR INDUSTRIAL ENTITY AS A
 RESULT OF ITS ORDINARY LAWFUL OPERATIONS.
   2. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL DEFILEMENT OF A WATER SUPPLY WHEN HE
 INTENTIONALLY INTRODUCES, PLACES, OR CAUSES TO BE INTRODUCED OR  PLACED,
 INTO A WATER SUPPLY, A DEFILING AGENT WITH THE INTENT TO CAUSE THE SICK-
 NESS,  PHYSICAL  INJURY,  SEVERE DISFIGUREMENT OR DEATH OF ANOTHER HUMAN
 BEING, OR WITH THE RECKLESS DISREGARD OF CAUSING THE SICKNESS,  PHYSICAL
 INJURY,  SEVERE  DISFIGUREMENT, OR DEATH OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, OR WITH
 THE INTENT TO CAUSE IRREPARABLE HARM TO SUCH WATER SUPPLY, OR TO DISTURB
 THE PUBLIC PEACE.
   UNLAWFUL DEFILEMENT OF A WATER SUPPLY IS A CLASS B FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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