S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4305--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 28, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, GRIFFO, JOHNSON, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- 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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the payment of reparation or restitution in certain instances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 60.27 of the 2 penal law, as amended by chapter 313 of the laws of 2011, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (b) the term "victim" shall include the victim of the offense, the 5 representative of a crime victim as defined in subdivision six of 6 section six hundred twenty-one of the executive law, an individual whose 7 identity was assumed or whose personal identifying information was used 8 in violation of section 190.78, 190.79 or 190.80 of this chapter, or any 9 person who has suffered a financial loss as a direct result of the acts 10 of a defendant in violation of section 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.82 or 11 190.83 of this chapter, a good samaritan as defined in section six 12 hundred twenty-one of the executive law, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHICH 13 PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR THE PREVENTION OR MITIGATION OF DAMAGE TO PERSON 14 OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY AN OFFENSE and the office of victim services or 15 other governmental agency that has received an application for or has 16 provided financial assistance or compensation to the victim. A victim 17 shall also mean any owner or lawful producer of a master recording, or a 18 trade association that represents such owner or lawful producer, that 19 has suffered injury as a result of an offense as defined in article two 20 hundred seventy-five of this chapter. 21 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04107-02-2