Bill Text: NY A02597 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2597 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to mailing a false substance

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A02597 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02597-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2597
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY, PHEFFER, MAISEL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored
         by  --  M. of A.   CHRISTENSEN, GABRYSZAK, JOHN, KOON, LATIMER, MAYER-
         SOHN, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
         Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to mailing a false substance
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.64  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 240.64 MAILING A FALSE SUBSTANCE IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
    4    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF MAILING A FALSE SUBSTANCE IN THE FIRST DEGREE
    5  WHEN HE OR SHE CAUSES A COMMUNICATION TO BE INITIATED BY  A  MAILING  OR
    6  ANY  OTHER FORM OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IN A MANNER TO CAUSE ANNOYANCE,
    7  INCONVENIENCE OR ALARM BY PLACING IN SAID  COMMUNICATION  ANY  SUBSTANCE
    8  WHICH  APPEARS TO BE BY ITS CONTENT, APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTIC TO BE
    9  OF A BIO-CHEMICAL NATURE AND DANGEROUS OR HAZARDOUS  TO  THE  WELL-BEING
   10  AND  HEALTH  OF  A  PERSON  BUT  IS, IN FACT AN INOPERATIVE FACSIMILE OR
   11  IMITATION OF A BIO-CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE AND IS NOT DANGEROUS OR  HAZARDOUS
   12  TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ANY PERSON.
   13    MAILING A FALSE SUBSTANCE IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   15  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.
                                                                  LBD03044-01-9