Bill Text: NY A10216 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases the fine on individuals who commit the crime of criminal contempt in the first degree to up to $150,000 if such crime was wilfully committed persistently and/or egregiously as determined by the court.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-13 - referred to codes [A10216 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10216-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10216

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 13, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  increasing  the  fine  on
          certain  individuals  who commit the crime of criminal contempt in the
          first degree

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

     1    Section  1.  Section 80.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. When a court imposes a fine on  a  defendant  pursuant  to  section
     4  215.51  of this chapter, and where such defendant has wilfully committed
     5  such crime persistently and/or egregiously as determined by  the  court,
     6  the  amount of the fine specified in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of
     7  this section may be increased to a total amount of  up  to  one  hundred
     8  fifty thousand dollars.
     9    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    11  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    12  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    13  on or before such effective date.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15436-02-4
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