Assembly Bill A2906

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran

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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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2013-A2906 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S283
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§145.22, 145.23, 145.27, 60.29 & 65.10, add §§145.28 & 145.29, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2205, S768
2011-2012: A3042, S1728
2015-2016: A3518, S2207
2017-2018: A2300, S4994

2013-A2906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates crimes of cemetery desecration of a veteran as a class E felony; makes corresponding changes in cemetery desecration crimes in the first and second degrees and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree; makes additional penal provisions.

2013-A2906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2906

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GUNTHER
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to cemetery desecration and
  cemetery desecration of a veteran

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

  Section  1. Section 145.22 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 353
of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
S 145.22 Cemetery desecration in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of cemetery desecration in the second degree  when:
(a)  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  damages any real or personal property USED OR
maintained as a cemetery,  MAUSOLEUM,  COLUMBARIUM,  LOT,  plot,  grave,
burial  place, NICHE, CRYPT, VAULT or other place of interment OR TEMPO-
RARY STORAGE of human remains OR CREMATED HUMAN REMAINS,  OR  ANY  MONU-
MENT,  HEADSTONE,  MARKER,  MEMORIAL,  PLAQUE,  STATUE, VASE, URN, DECO-
RATION, FLAG HOLDER,  BADGE,  SHIELD,  ITEM  OF  MEMORABILIA,  OR  OTHER
EMBELLISHMENT THAT IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO, OR IS OTHERWISE ASSOCI-
ATED  WITH, ANY SUCH CEMETERY, MAUSOLEUM, COLUMBARIUM, LOT, PLOT, GRAVE,
BURIAL PLACE, NICHE, CRYPT, VAULT, OR OTHER PLACE OF INTERMENT OR TEMPO-
RARY STORAGE; or
  (b) with intent to steal personal property, he OR SHE steals  personal
property  which  is  located at a cemetery, MAUSOLEUM, COLUMBARIUM, LOT,
plot, grave, burial place, NICHE, CRYPT, VAULT or other place of  inter-
ment OR TEMPORARY STORAGE of human remains OR CREMATED HUMAN REMAINS, OR
ANY  MONUMENT,  HEADSTONE,  MARKER, MEMORIAL, PLAQUE, STATUE, VASE, URN,
DECORATION, FLAG HOLDER, BADGE, SHIELD, ITEM OF  MEMORABILIA,  OR  OTHER
EMBELLISHMENT THAT IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO, OR IS OTHERWISE ASSOCI-
ATED  WITH, ANY SUCH CEMETERY, MAUSOLEUM, COLUMBARIUM, LOT, PLOT, GRAVE,
BURIAL PLACE, NICHE, CRYPT, VAULT, OR OTHER PLACE OF INTERMENT OR TEMPO-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01349-01-3
              

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