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Assembly Bill A7715

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of criminally negligent use of real property

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2025-A7715 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6679
2023-2024: A2344

2025-A7715 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of criminally negligent use of real property; establishes that the commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

2025-A7715 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7715
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   criminally negligent use of real property
 
   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 240.80  to
 read as follows:
 § 240.80 CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT USE OF REAL PROPERTY.
   1.  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT USE OF REAL PROPERTY
 WHEN SUCH PERSON:
   (A) IS AN OWNER OR LESSOR OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY;
   (B) LEASES OR GIVES POSSESSION OF SUCH PROPERTY TO A LESSEE  OR  OCCU-
 PANT; AND
   (C)  PERMITS  THE  UNLAWFUL  USE OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH PROPERTY BY SUCH
 LESSEE OR OCCUPANT.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "PERMITS" SHALL MEAN:
   (I) KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH UNLAWFUL USE OR OCCUPANCY; OR
   (II) KNOWLEDGE OF THE LESSEE OR OCCUPANT, WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR,
 BEING  CONVICTED  OF TWO OR MORE OFFENSES RELATED TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OR
 OCCUPANCY OF PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) "UNLAWFUL USE OR OCCUPANCY" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,
 UNSANCTIONED:
   (I)  GAMBLING, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 225.00 OF THIS
 CHAPTER;
   (II) COMBATIVE SPORTS; OR
   (III) ORGANIZED ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 EVENTS SERVING AND CHARGING FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
   CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT USE OF REAL PROPERTY IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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