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                                   January 31, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the filing of
         a false financing statement

         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
    2  section 440.70 to read as follows:
    3  S 440.70 NOTICE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHEN FALSE FINANCING STATEMENT
    4              FILED.
    5    UPON CONVICTION OF ANY PERSON FOR A CRIME WHERE THE  DEFENDANT  INTEN-
    6  TIONALLY  FILED  OR CAUSED TO BE FILED A FINANCING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO
    7  ARTICLE NINE OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ON FORM  UCC1  THAT  FALSELY
    8  CLAIMS  THAT  A  PERSON  IS INDEBTED OR OBLIGATED TO SUCH DEFENDANT, THE
    9  COURT WHEREIN SUCH CONVICTION IS ENTERED, OR THE  CLERK  THEREOF,  SHALL
   10  ISSUE AND CAUSE TO BE FILED A CERTIFICATE WITH THE NEW YORK SECRETARY OF
   11  STATE:  (A) CERTIFYING THAT A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION HAS BEEN ENTERED IN
   12  SUCH COURT AGAINST THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS LISTED AS THE SECURED PARTY  IN
   13  SUCH  FORM;  AND (B) SPECIFYING THE DATE AND LOCATION OF THE FILING, ANY
   14  FILING OR INDEXING NUMBER ASSIGNED TO SUCH FILING, THE DEBTOR  NAMED  IN
   15  SUCH  STATEMENT,  AND  A DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLATERAL ENCUMBERED BY THE
   16  INSTRUMENT.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08406-01-1