Bill Text: NY S03305 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes bias-related graffiti a class E felony; increases the allowable maximum sentencing to up to four years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S03305 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S03305-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3305
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 16, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- 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 the crime of  bias-related
         graffiti
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 240.31 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
    2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A.  ETCHES,  PAINTS,  COVERS,  DRAWS UPON OR OTHERWISE PLACES A MARK
    4  UPON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY; OR
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    6  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.
                                                                  LBD09199-01-9