Assembly Actions -
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Jul 14, 2020 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes |
Jan 22, 2019 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A2254
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GANTT
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A2254 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A2254 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2254 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting criminal pros- ecution under certain rental-purchase agreements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 165.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 372 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: § 165.00 Misapplication of property. 1. A person is guilty of misapplication of property when, knowingly possessing personal property of another pursuant to an agreement that the same will be returned to the owner at a future time, (a) he OR SHE loans, leases, pledges, pawns or otherwise encumbers such property without the consent of the owner thereof in such manner as to create a risk that the owner will not be able to recover it or will suffer pecuniary loss; or (b) he OR SHE intentionally refuses to return personal property valued in excess of one hundred dollars to the owner pursuant to the terms of the rental agreement provided that the owner shall have made a written demand for the return of such personal property in person or by certi- fied mail at an address indicated in the rental agreement and he OR SHE intentionally refuses to return such personal property for a period of thirty days after such demand has been received or should reasonably have been received by him OR HER. Such written demand shall state: (i) the date and time at which the personal property was to have been returned under the rental agreement; (ii) that the owner does not consent to the continued withholding or retaining of such personal prop- erty and demands its return; and (iii) that the continued withholding or retaining of the property may constitute a class A misdemeanor punisha- ble by a fine of up to one thousand dollars or by a sentence to a term EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00449-01-9
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