Senate Bill S994

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for sale of controlled substances if it occurs on park grounds or playgrounds; defines park grounds or playgrounds

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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-S994 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2706
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง220.00, 220.34 & 220.44, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1568, A5175
2011-2012: S1752, A1380
2013-2014: S2173, A2443
2017-2018: S814, A4639

2015-S994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds "park grounds and playgrounds" to statute currently providing increased penalties for sale of controlled substances to certain persons if such sale occurs on or within 1,000 feet of school grounds; defines "park ground or playgrounds" to mean in, or within any building or structure or any fields, lands or grounds owned, leased or maintained by the state, any agency or municipality thereof, etc., for the purposes of recreation or leisure.

2015-S994 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   994

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 increasing  the  penalties
  for sale of controlled substances on park grounds or playgrounds

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

  Section 1. Section 220.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 14-a to read as follows:
  14-A.   "PARK GROUNDS OR PLAYGROUNDS" MEANS IN OR WITHIN ANY BUILDING,
STRUCTURE, PLAYING FIELD, PLAYGROUND OR LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOUND-
ARY OF LAND OWNED, LEASED OR MAINTAINED BY THE STATE OR  ANY  AGENCY  OR
MUNICIPALITY  THEREOF  OR BY ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR ELEEMOSY-
NARY INSTITUTION, CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS USED ON A  REGULAR
BASIS  AS  A  RECREATION AREA AND IS SO DESIGNATED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
DEFINITION, THE TERM  "PARK  GROUNDS  OR  PLAYGROUNDS"  ALSO  MEANS  AND
INCLUDES  THE  FOLLOWING WHICH HAS THE SAME OWNERSHIP AS THE PARK GROUND
OR PLAYGROUND:  ANY PARKING LOT, PARKING GARAGE, OR OTHER PARKING FACIL-
ITY, MARINA, BOAT LAUNCH OR OTHER SIMILAR FACILITY WHICH IS  WITHIN  ONE
THOUSAND  FEET  OF AND SERVES SUCH PARK GROUNDS OR PLAYGROUNDS AND WHICH
IS SO DESIGNATED BY EASILY VISIBLE SIGNAGE AS SERVING SUCH PARK  GROUNDS
OR PLAYGROUNDS.
  S  2.  Section  220.34 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 280  of
the laws of 1986, subdivisions 2 and 4 as amended by chapter 75  of  the
laws  of  1995,  subdivision  3 as amended by chapter 537 of the laws of
1998, subdivision 6-a as added by chapter  635  of  the  laws  of  1997,
subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 436 of the laws of 2006 and subdivi-
sion  8 as amended and subdivision 9 as added by chapter 264 of the laws
of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
S 220.34 Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance  in  the
fourth degree when he OR SHE knowingly and unlawfully sells:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01347-01-5
              

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