Bill Text: NY A03488 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to sentencing and larceny of property of the elderly or disabled.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - held for consideration in codes [A03488 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03488-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3488
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Todd's Law"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  "Todd's Law".
     3    § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.46  to  read
     4  as follows:
     5  § 155.46 Sentencing; property of the elderly or disabled.
     6    When  a person is convicted of petit larceny or grand larceny pursuant
     7  to this article, and the property stolen is necessary for  the  perform-
     8  ance of activities of daily living by an incompetent or physically disa-
     9  bled  person or a vulnerable elderly person as defined in section 260.31
    10  of this part, and the specified offense is a misdemeanor or a class C, D
    11  or E felony, the crime shall be deemed to be one  category  higher  than
    12  the  specified  offense  the defendant committed, or one category higher
    13  than the offense level applicable to the defendant's conviction  for  an
    14  attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense, whichever is appli-
    15  cable.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06987-01-9