Bill Text: NY A00050 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds; relates to drug free school zones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to codes [A00050 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00050-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           50

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. QUART, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
          general  business law, the penal law, and the vehicle and traffic law,
          in relation to the criminal sale of a controlled substance in or  near
          school  grounds;  and  to  repeal  section 220.44 of the penal law and
          section 317 of the highway law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 220.44 of the penal law is REPEALED.
     2    § 2. Section 317 of the highway law is REPEALED.
     3    §  3.  Subparagraph i of paragraph 7 of subdivision a of section 9-131
     4  of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by  chap-
     5  ter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     6    i. a felony defined in any of the following sections of the penal law:
     7  120.01,  120.02,  120.03,  120.04,  120.04-a(4), 120.05, 120.06, 120.07,
     8  120.08, 120.09, 120.10, 120.11, 120.12, 120.13, 120.18, 120.25,  120.55,
     9  120.60,  120.70, 121.12, 121.13, 125.10, 125.11, 125.12, 125.13, 125.14,
    10  125.15, 125.20, 125.21, 125.22, 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 125.40,  125.45,
    11  130.25,   130.30,   130.35,  130.40,  130.45,  130.50,  130.53,  130.65,
    12  130.65-a,  130.66,  130.67,  130.70,  130.75,  130.80,  130.85,  130.90,
    13  130.95,  130.96,  135.10,  135.20, 135.25, 135.35, 135.50, 135.65(2)(b),
    14  140.17, 140.25, 140.30, 145.12, 150.05, 150.10, 150.15, 150.20,  160.05,
    15  160.10,  160.15, 195.07, 195.08, 195.17, 215.11, 215.12, 215.13, 215.15,
    16  215.16, 215.17, 215.51, 215.52, 220.18, 220.21, 220.28, 220.41,  220.43,
    17  [220.44,]  220.48,  220.77,  230.05,  230.06, 230.19, 230.25(2), 230.30,
    18  230.32,  230.33,  230.34,  230.34-a,  235.22,  240.06,  240.55,  240.60,
    19  240.61,  240.62, 240.63, 240.75, 241.05, 255.26, 255.27, 260.25, 260.32,
    20  260.34,  263.05,  263.10,  263.11,  263.15,  263.16,  263.30,  265.01-a,
    21  265.01-b, 265.02(2) through (8), 265.03, 265.04, 265.08, 265.09, 265.10,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01659-01-1

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     1  265.11,  265.12,  265.13,  265.14,  265.16,  265.17,  265.19, 265.35(2),
     2  270.30, 270.35,  405.16(1),  405.18,  460.22,  470.21,  470.22,  470.23,
     3  470.24,  490.10, 490.15, 490.20, 490.25, 490.30, 490.35, 490.37, 490.40,
     4  490.45, 490.47, 490.50, or 490.55;
     5    §  4. Subparagraph i of paragraph 6 of subdivision a of section 14-154
     6  of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by  chap-
     7  ter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     8    i. a felony defined in any of the following sections of the penal law:
     9  120.01,  120.02,  120.03,  120.04,  120.04-a(4), 120.05, 120.06, 120.07,
    10  120.08, 120.09, 120.10, 120.11, 120.12, 120.13, 120.18, 120.25,  120.55,
    11  120.60,  120.70, 121.12, 121.13, 125.10, 125.11, 125.12, 125.13, 125.14,
    12  125.15, 125.20, 125.21, 125.22, 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 125.40,  125.45,
    13  130.25,   130.30,   130.35,  130.40,  130.45,  130.50,  130.53,  130.65,
    14  130.65-a,  130.66,  130.67,  130.70,  130.75,  130.80,  130.85,  130.90,
    15  130.95,  130.96,  135.10,  135.20, 135.25, 135.35, 135.50, 135.65(2)(b),
    16  140.17, 140.25, 140.30, 145.12, 150.05, 150.10, 150.15, 150.20,  160.05,
    17  160.10,  160.15, 195.07, 195.08, 195.17, 215.11, 215.12, 215.13, 215.15,
    18  215.16, 215.17, 215.51, 215.52, 220.18, 220.21, 220.28, 220.41,  220.43,
    19  [220.44,]  220.48,  220.77,  230.05,  230.06, 230.19, 230.25(2), 230.30,
    20  230.32,  230.33,  230.34,  230.34-a,  235.22,  240.06,  240.55,  240.60,
    21  240.61,  240.62, 240.63, 240.75, 241.05, 255.26, 255.27, 260.25, 260.32,
    22  260.34,  263.05,  263.10,  263.11,  263.15,  263.16,  263.30,  265.01-a,
    23  265.01-b,  265.02  (2)  through  (8),  265.03,  265.04,  265.08, 265.09,
    24  265.10,  265.11,  265.12,  265.13,  265.14,  265.16,   265.17,   265.19,
    25  265.35(2),  270.30,  270.35,  405.16(l), 405.18, 460.22, 470.21, 470.22,
    26  470.23, 470.24, 490.10, 490.15, 490.20, 490.25, 490.30, 490.35,  490.37,
    27  490.40, 490.45, 490.47, 490.50, or 490.55;
    28    §  5.  Subdivision  13 of section 89-f of the general business law, as
    29  added by chapter 336 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
    30    13. "Serious offense" shall mean any  felony  involving  the  offenses
    31  enumerated  in  the  closing  paragraph  of this subdivision; a criminal
    32  solicitation of or a conspiracy to commit or an attempt to commit  or  a
    33  criminal  facilitation  of a felony involving the offenses enumerated in
    34  the closing paragraph of this subdivision, which criminal  solicitation,
    35  conspiracy, attempt or criminal facilitation itself constitutes a felony
    36  or  any  offense  in  any  other jurisdiction which if committed in this
    37  state would constitute a felony; any offense in any  other  jurisdiction
    38  which if committed in this state would constitute a felony provided that
    39  for the purposes of this article, none of the following shall be consid-
    40  ered  criminal  convictions  or  reported  as such: (i) a conviction for
    41  which an executive pardon has been issued pursuant to the executive law;
    42  (ii) a conviction which has been vacated  and  replaced  by  a  youthful
    43  offender  finding pursuant to article seven hundred twenty of the crimi-
    44  nal procedure law, or the applicable provisions  of  law  of  any  other
    45  jurisdiction;  or  (iii)  a  conviction  the  records of which have been
    46  sealed pursuant to the applicable provisions of the laws of  this  state
    47  or  of  any  other  jurisdiction;  and (iv) a conviction for which other
    48  evidence of successful rehabilitation to remove the disability has  been
    49  issued.
    50    Felonies involving: assault, aggravated assault and reckless endanger-
    51  ment  pursuant  to  article  one hundred twenty; vehicular manslaughter,
    52  manslaughter and murder pursuant to article one hundred twenty-five; sex
    53  offenses pursuant to article one hundred thirty; unlawful  imprisonment,
    54  kidnapping  or  coercion  pursuant  to  article one hundred thirty-five;
    55  criminal trespass and burglary pursuant to article  one  hundred  forty;
    56  criminal  mischief,  criminal  tampering  and  tampering with a consumer

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     1  product pursuant to article one hundred forty-five;  arson  pursuant  to
     2  article one hundred fifty; larceny and offenses involving theft pursuant
     3  to article one hundred fifty-five; offenses involving computers pursuant
     4  to  article  one  hundred  fifty-six;  robbery  pursuant  to article one
     5  hundred sixty; criminal possession of stolen property pursuant to  arti-
     6  cle  one  hundred  sixty-five;  forgery and related offenses pursuant to
     7  article one hundred seventy; involving false written statements pursuant
     8  to article one hundred seventy-five; commercial bribing  and  commercial
     9  bribe  receiving pursuant to article one hundred eighty; criminal imper-
    10  sonation and scheme to defraud pursuant to article one  hundred  ninety;
    11  bribery involving public servants and related offenses pursuant to arti-
    12  cle  two  hundred;  perjury and related offenses pursuant to article two
    13  hundred ten; tampering with a witness, intimidating a victim or  witness
    14  and  tampering  with  physical  evidence pursuant to article two hundred
    15  fifteen; criminal possession  of  a  controlled  substance  pursuant  to
    16  sections  220.06,  220.09, 220.16, 220.18 and 220.21; criminal sale of a
    17  controlled  substance  pursuant  to  sections  220.31,  220.34,  220.39,
    18  220.41[,]  and  220.43 [and 220.44]; criminal sale of marijuana pursuant
    19  to sections 221.45, 221.50 and 221.55; riot in the first degree,  aggra-
    20  vated  harassment  in  the  first degree, criminal nuisance in the first
    21  degree and falsely reporting an incident in the second or  first  degree
    22  pursuant  to article two hundred forty; and crimes against public safety
    23  pursuant to article two hundred sixty-five of the penal law.
    24    § 6. Subdivision 21 of section 10.00 of the penal  law,  as  added  by
    25  chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    26    21.  "Drug  trafficking  felony"  means  any of the following offenses
    27  defined in article two hundred twenty of this chapter: violation of  use
    28  of  a  child  to  commit  a  controlled  substance offense as defined in
    29  section 220.28; criminal sale of a controlled substance  in  the  fourth
    30  degree  as  defined  in  section  220.34;  criminal sale of a controlled
    31  substance in the third degree as defined  in  section  220.39;  criminal
    32  sale  of  a  controlled  substance  in  the  second degree as defined in
    33  section 220.41; criminal sale of a controlled  substance  in  the  first
    34  degree  as  defined  in  section  220.43; [criminal sale of a controlled
    35  substance in or near school  grounds  as  defined  in  section  220.44;]
    36  unlawful  manufacture of methamphetamine in the second degree as defined
    37  in section 220.74; unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the  first
    38  degree  as defined in section 220.75; or operating as a major trafficker
    39  as defined in section 220.77.
    40    § 7. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  2  of  section
    41  70.70  of the penal law, as amended by section 21 of part AAA of chapter
    42  56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    43    (i) for a class B felony, the term shall be  at  least  one  year  and
    44  shall not exceed nine years, except that for the class B felony of crim-
    45  inal  sale  of  a  controlled  substance  [in  or near school grounds as
    46  defined in subdivision two of section 220.44 of this chapter  or]  on  a
    47  school bus as defined in subdivision seventeen of section 220.00 of this
    48  chapter or criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child as defined
    49  in  section 220.48 of this chapter, the term shall be at least two years
    50  and shall not exceed nine years;
    51    § 8. Subdivision 8 of section 220.34 of the penal law, as  amended  by
    52  chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    53    8. a controlled substance in violation of section 220.31 of this arti-
    54  cle,  when such sale takes place upon the grounds of a child day care or
    55  educational facility  under  circumstances  evincing  knowledge  by  the
    56  defendant  that such sale is taking place upon such grounds. [As used in

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     1  this subdivision, the phrase "the grounds of a child day care or  educa-
     2  tional facility" shall have the same meaning as provided for in subdivi-
     3  sion  five  of section 220.44 of this article.] For the purposes of this
     4  subdivision, a rebuttable presumption shall be established that a person
     5  has  knowledge  that  they are within the grounds of a child day care or
     6  educational facility when notice is conspicuously posted of the presence
     7  or proximity of such facility; or
     8    § 9. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 509-cc of  the  vehicle
     9  and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 400 of the laws of 2011, is
    10  amended to read as follows:
    11    (b) The offenses referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a)  of
    12  subdivision  one  and  paragraph  (b) of subdivision two of this section
    13  that result in permanent disqualification  shall  include  a  conviction
    14  under  sections  100.13, 105.15, 105.17, 115.08, 120.12, 120.70, 125.10,
    15  125.11,  130.40,  130.53,  130.60,  130.65-a,  135.20,  160.15,  220.18,
    16  220.21,  220.39, 220.41, 220.43, [220.44,] 230.25, 260.00, 265.04 of the
    17  penal law or an attempt to commit any of the  aforesaid  offenses  under
    18  section  110.00  of  the  penal  law,  or any offenses committed under a
    19  former section of the penal law which would constitute violations of the
    20  aforesaid sections of the penal law, or any offenses  committed  outside
    21  this  state  which would constitute violations of the aforesaid sections
    22  of the penal law.
    23    § 10. This act shall take effect immediately.
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