Bill Text: NY A06107 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the criminal offense of threatening with a hypodermic instrument.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-11-25 - enacting clause stricken [A06107 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06107-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6107
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BORELLI  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A.
         LAWRENCE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the  criminal  offense  of
         threatening with a hypodermic instrument
         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 two new sections  265.50
    2  and 265.60 to read as follows:
    3  S 265.50 CRIMINAL USE OF A HYPODERMIC INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
    4    A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL USE OF A HYPODERMIC INSTRUMENT IN THE
    5  SECOND DEGREE IF HE OR SHE THREATENS THE USE  OF  A  HYPODERMIC  SYRINGE
    6  DURING THE COMMISSION OF ANY MISDEMEANOR.
    7    CRIMINAL  USE  OF  A  HYPODERMIC  INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A
    8  CLASS E FELONY.
    9  S 265.60 CRIMINAL USE OF A HYPODERMIC INSTRUMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
   10    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL USE OF A HYPODERMIC INSTRUMENT  IN  THE
   11  FIRST  DEGREE  IF  HE  OR  SHE THREATENS THE USE OF A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE
   12  DURING THE COMMISSION OF ANY FELONY.
   13    CRIMINAL USE OF A HYPODERMIC INSTRUMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS
   14  C FELONY. THE COURT SHALL IMPOSE A SEPARATE SENTENCE TO RUN CONSECUTIVE-
   15  LY IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE IMPOSED ON THE UNDERLYING FELONY.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   17  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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