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Senate Bill S8697

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Adds provisions to grand larceny in the third degree relating to victims 65 years of age or older

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2021-S8697 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9696
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §155.35, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A4420
2025-2026: A4130

2021-S8697 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that when property, regardless of its nature and value, is taken from the person of another and the victim is 65 years of age or older or such property is obtained by extortion and the victim is 65 years of age or older, such crimes shall be grand larceny in the third degree and subject to a class D felony.

2021-S8697 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8697 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8697
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 grand larceny in the third
   degree of a person who is 65 years of age or older
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 155.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 464
 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 155.35 Grand larceny in the third degree.
   A person is guilty of grand larceny in the third degree when he or she
 steals property and:
   1. when the value of the property  exceeds  three  thousand  dollars[,
 or];
   2.  the  property is an automated teller machine or the contents of an
 automated teller machine[.];
   3. THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE AND VALUE, IS TAKEN FROM THE
 PERSON OF ANOTHER AND THE VICTIM IS 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; OR
   4. THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE AND VALUE,  IS  OBTAINED  BY
 EXTORTION AND THE VICTIM IS 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   Grand larceny in the third degree is a class D 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.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15093-01-2

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