Bill Text: NY S02928 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to organized retail theft using an emergency exit.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02928 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02928-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2928
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 25, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. ZELDIN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  organized  retail  theft
         using an emergency exit
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 12 to read as follows:
    3    12. THE PROPERTY IS STOLEN FROM A RETAIL MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT AND,
    4  TO FACILITATE AN ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME, THE PERSON  LEAVES  THE  RETAIL
    5  MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT WITH SUCH PROPERTY BY USE OF A DESIGNATED EMER-
    6  GENCY  EXIT.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "RETAIL
    7  MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT" SHALL MEAN A  PLACE  WHERE  GOODS,  WARES,  OR
    8  MERCHANDISE  ARE  OFFERED  TO THE PUBLIC FOR SALE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
    9  SUBDIVISION, ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME SHALL MEAN THE  STEALING,  EMBEZZLE-
   10  MENT, OR OBTAINING BY FRAUD, FALSE PRETENSES, OR OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS, OF
   11  RETAIL  MERCHANDISE  IN  QUANTITIES THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE PURCHASED
   12  FOR PERSONAL USE OR CONSUMPTION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESELLING,  TRADING,
   13  OR OTHERWISE REENTERING SUCH RETAIL MERCHANDISE INTO COMMERCE.
   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.
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