Senate Bill S741

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes a person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he or she steals property and is in possession of an anti-security item

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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-S741 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง155.30 & 170.47, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S33
2011-2012: S527
2015-2016: S1849
2017-2018: S176

2013-S741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he or she steals property and is in possession of an anti-security item; makes criminal possession of an anti-security item a class A misdemeanor.

2013-S741 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   741

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  FUSCHILLO,  LARKIN,  MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the possession of anti-se-
  curity items

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

  Section 1. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12.  THE  PROPERTY  IS  TAKEN  BY  A PERSON WHO IS IN POSSESSION OF AN
ANTI-SECURITY ITEM. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION AN "ANTI-SECUR-
ITY ITEM" IS DEFINED AS AN ITEM DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE  OF  OVERCOMING
DETECTION OF SECURITY MARKINGS OR ATTACHMENTS PLACED ON PROPERTY OFFERED
FOR SALE AT SUCH AN ESTABLISHMENT.
  S  2.  Section 170.47 of the penal law, as added by chapter 580 of the
laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
S 170.47 Criminal possession of an anti-security item.
  A person is guilty of criminal possession of  an  anti-security  item,
when  with intent to steal property at a retail mercantile establishment
as defined in article twelve-B of the general business law, he knowingly
possesses in such an establishment an item designed for the  purpose  of
overcoming detection of security markings or attachments placed on prop-
erty offered for sale at such an establishment.
  Criminal  possession  of an anti-security item is a class [B] A misde-
meanor.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01316-01-3

              

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