Bill Text: NY S03199 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Includes the possession of a machete within the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-08-19 - SIGNED CHAP.269 [S03199 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S03199-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3199--B Cal. No. 429 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to machetes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 265.01 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 3 (2) He or she possesses any dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, machete, 4 razor, stiletto, imitation pistol, or any other dangerous or deadly 5 instrument or weapon with intent to use the same unlawfully against 6 another; or 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08197-04-6
