Senate Bill S746

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to theft of services; includes the intent to use toll roads without payment of the lawful charge therefor

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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-S746 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S4610

2013-S746 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to theft of services; includes the use of toll roads without payment of the lawful charge therefor.

2013-S746 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S746 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   746

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. FUSCHILLO, GOLDEN, LARKIN, O'MARA -- 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 theft of services

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 and the closing paragraph of  section  165.15
of the penal law, the closing paragraph as amended by chapter 491 of the
laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows:
  3. With intent to obtain railroad, subway, bus, air, taxi or any other
public  transportation  service  OR  TO  USE ANY HIGHWAY, PARKWAY, ROAD,
BRIDGE OR TUNNEL without payment of the lawful charge OR TOLL  therefor,
or to avoid payment of the lawful charge OR TOLL for such transportation
service  which  has  been  rendered to him OR HER OR FOR SUCH USE OF ANY
HIGHWAY, PARKWAY, ROAD, BRIDGE OR TUNNEL, he OR SHE obtains or  attempts
to  obtain  such  service  OR USE or avoids or attempts to avoid payment
therefor  by  force,  intimidation,  stealth,  deception  or  mechanical
tampering, or by unjustifiable failure or refusal to pay; or
  Theft  of  services  is a class A misdemeanor, provided, however, that
theft of cable television service as defined by the provisions of  para-
graphs  (a), (c) and (d) of subdivision four of this section, and having
a value not in excess of one hundred dollars by a  person  who  has  not
been previously convicted of theft of services under subdivision four of
this  section  is  a violation, that theft of services under subdivision
nine of this section by a person who has not been  previously  convicted
of  theft  of  services  under  subdivision  nine  of  this section is a
violation and provided further, however, that theft of [services of] any
[telephone] service [under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision  five  of
this  section]  having a value in excess of one thousand dollars or by a
person who has been previously convicted within five years of  theft  of

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

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