| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes |
| Jun 20, 2019 |
committed to rules |
| May 15, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
| May 14, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
| May 13, 2019 |
1st report cal.670 |
| Feb 04, 2019 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3165
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 20th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
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2019-S3165 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S3165 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3165
SPONSOR: MYRIE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to fines for corporations
PURPOSE:
To update New York's financial sanctions on corporate
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends the penal law to increase the current fine schedule
Section two establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Under the penal law, people who break the law can be sent to jail or
2019-S3165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3165
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 4, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to fines for corporations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 80.10 of the penal law, as amended
by section 28 of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014,
is amended to read as follows:
1. In general. A sentence to pay a fine, when imposed on a corporation
for an offense defined in this chapter or for an offense defined outside
this chapter for which no special corporate fine is specified, shall be
a sentence to pay an amount, fixed by the court, not exceeding:
(a) [Ten] EIGHTY thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a felony;
(b) [Five] FORTY thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a class A
misdemeanor or of an unclassified misdemeanor for which a term of impri-
sonment in excess of three months is authorized;
(c) [Two] FIFTEEN thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a class
B misdemeanor or of an unclassified misdemeanor for which the authorized
term of imprisonment is not in excess of three months;
(d) [Five hundred] FOUR THOUSAND dollars, when the conviction is of a
violation;
(e) Any higher amount not exceeding double the amount of the corpo-
ration's gain from the commission of the offense or, if the corporation
is convicted of a crime defined in article four hundred ninety-six of
this chapter, any higher amount not exceeding three times the amount of
the corporation's gain from the commission of such offense.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00766-01-9
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