Bill Text: NY S05873 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes increased fines on certain individuals who commit riot in the first degree during a state disaster emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S05873 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05873-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5873

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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 imposing  increased  fines
          on  certain  individuals  who commit riot in the first degree during a
          state disaster emergency

          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 defendant is to be sentenced for riot in the first degree as
     4  defined in subdivision one of section 240.06 of this chapter,  occurring
     5  during  a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to article two-A of
     6  the  executive  law,  and  where  such  defendant  has  previously  been
     7  convicted  of  riot in the first degree as defined in subdivision one of
     8  section 240.06 of this chapter two or more times, the amount of the fine
     9  specified in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of  this  section  may  be
    10  increased by up to an additional two thousand dollars.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06200-01-1