Bill Text: NY S06213 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 6213 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides that jumping from a building of 5 stories or higher, or from a bridge or other structure over 50 feet shall constitute reckless endangerment in the first degree.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [S06213 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06213-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6213
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 6, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 reckless  endangerment  in
          the first degree
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 120.25 of the penal  law  is  amended  to  read  as
     2  follows:
     3  § 120.25 Reckless endangerment in the first degree.
     4    A  person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when,
     5  under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human  life,  he
     6  recklessly  engages  in  conduct  which creates a grave risk of death to
     7  another person.  For the purposes of this section, it is deemed to be  a
     8  circumstance  evincing  a  depraved indifference to human life when in a
     9  city with a population of one million or more  a  person  leaps  from  a
    10  building  from  the  fifth  story or higher, or from any bridge or other
    11  structure at a height of fifty feet  or  greater,  without  the  written
    12  permission  from  both  the  owner  and  the  city. For purposes of this
    13  section, written permission from the  city  shall  mean  and  include  a
    14  resolution  or  local  law  approved  by  the city council, or a permit,
    15  license or written instrument validly issued  granting  such  permission
    16  from the office of the mayor of such city, for which the city may charge
    17  a fee.
    18    Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony.
    19    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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