Assembly Bill A248

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enhances criminal penalties for criminal mischief and larceny offenses committed at a place of religious worship

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A248 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
S1104 ,
A10388 ,
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pen L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9288, S6338
2013-2014: A3514, S2368
2017-2018: A1334, S1786
2019-2020: A3550, S502
2021-2022: A701, S394
2023-2024: A1215

2015-A248 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enhances criminal penalties for criminal mischief and larceny offenses committed at a place of religious worship and for cemetery desecration.

2015-A248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   248

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC,  BENEDETTO,  COOK,  CRESPO, DINOWITZ,
  GUNTHER, JAFFEE, LAVINE, PERRY, ROBERTS,  SCARBOROUGH  --  Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  -- M. of A. ABBATE, CERETTO, GALEF, HOOPER, SCHIMEL -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  criminal  mischief  and
  larceny  offenses  committed  at  a  place of religious worship and to
  cemetery desecration

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  145.05  of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 276 of the laws of 2003, is amended and a new  subdi-
vision 3 is added to read as follows:
  2.  damages  property  of  another  person  in an amount exceeding two
hundred fifty dollars[.]; OR
  3. DAMAGES PROPERTY WHICH, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE OR  VALUE,  IS  IN
ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR UPON THE CURTILAGE OF SUCH BUILDING OR STRUC-
TURE USED AS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BY A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION, AS
INCORPORATED UNDER THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW OR THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 2. Section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 961 of the
laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
S 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with
intent  to  damage property of another person, and having no right to do
so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he OR SHE has  such  right,
he OR SHE:
  1. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thou-
sand five hundred dollars[.]; OR
  2.  DAMAGES PROPERTY WHICH CONSISTS OF A SCROLL, A RELIGIOUS VESTMENT,
A VESSEL, AN ITEM COMPRISING A DISPLAY OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS WHICH  FORMS
A  REPRESENTATIVE  EXPRESSION OF FAITH OR ANY OTHER ITEM KEPT OR USED IN

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

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