Assembly Bill A2719

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Creates the crime of aggravated harassment of a family member of a person in active military service

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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-A2719 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.33, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10513
2011-2012: A1510
2013-2014: A6175

2015-A2719 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of aggravated harassment of a family member of a person in active military service of the United States and makes such crime a class E felony.

2015-A2719 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2719

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. HAWLEY, KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to creating the crime of
  aggravated harassment of a family member of a person in  active  mili-
  tary service

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

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.33  to
read as follows:
S  240.33 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A FAMILY MEMBER OF A PERSON IN ACTIVE
           MILITARY SERVICE.
  1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A FAMILY MEMBER OF A
PERSON IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE WHEN, WITH INTENT  TO  HARASS,  ANNOY,
THREATEN OR ALARM ANOTHER PERSON, HE OR SHE EITHER:
  (A)  COMMUNICATES  WITH A PERSON, WHO AT THE TIME OF THE COMMUNICATION
HAS A FAMILY MEMBER IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES,  AS
SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW, ANONYMOUSLY OR
OTHERWISE,  BY  TELEPHONE,  OR  BY  TELEGRAPH, MAIL OR ANY OTHER FORM OF
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, IN A MANNER LIKELY TO CAUSE  ANNOYANCE  OR  ALARM
AND  SUCH COMMUNICATION RELATES TO THE MILITARY SERVICE OF SUCH PERSON'S
FAMILY MEMBER; OR
  (B) CAUSES A COMMUNICATION TO BE INITIATED BY MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC
MEANS OR OTHERWISE WITH A PERSON, WHO AT THE TIME OF  THE  COMMUNICATION
HAS  A FAMILY MEMBER IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, AS
SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW, ANONYMOUSLY  OR
OTHERWISE,  BY  TELEPHONE,  OR  BY  TELEGRAPH, MAIL OR ANY OTHER FORM OF
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, IN A MANNER LIKELY TO CAUSE  ANNOYANCE  OR  ALARM
AND  SUCH COMMUNICATION RELATES TO THE MILITARY SERVICE OF SUCH PERSON'S
FAMILY MEMBER.
  2. FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "FAMILY  MEMBER"  MEANS  THE
HUSBAND, WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER, FATHER OR MOTHER OF A PERSON.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02626-01-5
              

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