Assembly Bill A1698

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the crimes of criminal trespass on a school bus, school grounds or children's camp

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A1698 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6957
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§140.09, 140.18 & 140.19, Pen L; amd §375, V & T L; amd §3650, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5122
2015-2016: S2138, S6512
2017-2018: S2403
2019-2020: A6535, S5189
2021-2022: A4015, S696

2023-A1698 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crimes of criminal trespass on a school bus, school grounds or children's camp; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation, to promulgate rules and regulations for certain signage on school buses; relates to professional development school bus driver safety training seminars statewide.

2023-A1698 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1698
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. THIELE, SANTABARBARA, STIRPE, BRABENEC, RA --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of
   criminal trespass on school grounds or children's  camp  and  criminal
   trespass on a school bus in the first and second degrees; to amend the
   vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in  relation to certain signage on school
   buses; and to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  professional
   development school bus driver safety training seminars
 
   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 140.09  to
 read as follows:
 § 140.09 CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR CHILDREN'S CAMP.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR CHIL-
 DREN'S CAMP WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE
 FIRST DEGREE PURSUANT TO SECTION 140.17 OF THIS ARTICLE AND SUCH  BUILD-
 ING  OR  GROUNDS  IS  UTILIZED AS AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL OR A
 CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT CAMP OR A SUMMER DAY CAMP  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THIRTEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN VIOLATION OF
 CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED RULES OR REGULATIONS GOVERNING ENTRY AND USE THERE-
 OF.
   CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR CHILDREN'S CAMP IS  A  CLASS  C
 FELONY.
   §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 140.18 to read
 as follows:
 § 140.18 CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON A SCHOOL BUS IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON  A  SCHOOL  BUS  IN  THE
 SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE:
   (A)  WILLFULLY  DEMOLISHES,  DESTROYS,  DEFACES,  INJURES,  BURNS,  OR
 DAMAGES ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05651-01-3
 A. 1698                             2
              

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