Prohibits the sale of forged instruments; creates the crimes of criminal sale of a forged instrument in the third, second and first degree.

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A9403B-2011 Actions

• Jun 18, 2012: reported referred to rules
• Jun 15, 2012: print number 9403b
• Jun 15, 2012: print number 9403a
• Jun 15, 2012: amend and recommit to codes
• Jun 14, 2012: print number 9403a
• Jun 14, 2012: amend and recommit to codes
• Feb 28, 2012: referred to codes

A9403B-2011 Text

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

                                   9403--B

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 28, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA -- read once and referred to the Committee
    on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
    amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
    committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
    ted to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to forged instruments and the
    sale thereof

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


    Section 1. Section 170.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
  subdivision 9 to read as follows:

    9. "SELL" MEANS TO SELL TO ANOTHER FOR CONSIDERATION.
    S  2.  The  penal  law is amended by adding three new sections 170.36,
  170.37 and 170.38 to read as follows:

  S 170.36 CRIMINAL SALE OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF  A  FORGED  INSTRUMENT  IN  THE
  THIRD  DEGREE  WHEN, WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS FORGED AND WITH INTENT TO
  DEFRAUD, DECEIVE OR INJURE ANOTHER, HE OR SHE SELLS A FORGED INSTRUMENT.
    CRIMINAL SALE OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS  A
  MISDEMEANOR.
  S 170.37 CRIMINAL SALE OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  CRIMINAL SALE OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE
  SECOND DEGREE WHEN, WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS FORGED AND WITH INTENT  TO
  DEFRAUD,  DECEIVE  OR INJURE ANOTHER, HE OR SHE SELLS ANY FORGED INSTRU-
  MENT OF A KIND SPECIFIED IN SECTION 170.10 OF THIS ARTICLE.
    CRIMINAL SALE OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS D
  FELONY.
  S 170.38 CRIMINAL SALE OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF  A  FORGED  INSTRUMENT  IN  THE
  FIRST  DEGREE  WHEN, WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS FORGED AND WITH INTENT TO
  DEFRAUD, DECEIVE OR INJURE ANOTHER, HE OR SHE SELLS ANY  FORGED  INSTRU-
  MENT OF A KIND SPECIFIED IN SECTION 170.15 OF THIS ARTICLE.
    CRIMINAL  SALE OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS C
  FELONY.
    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
  have become a law.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD14045-05-2