STATE OF NEW YORK
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8981--A
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, ARDILA, HYNDMAN, HEVESI, LUCAS, PRETLOW,
ZEBROWSKI, LAVINE, BLUMENCRANZ, BENDETT, MCGOWAN, DINOWITZ -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
staging a construction site accident
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 176.85 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 176.85 Staging a construction site accident.
4 A person is guilty of staging a construction site accident when, with
5 intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent insurance act, such
6 person enters a construction site and intentionally stages an accident
7 on such site with the intent to file an insurance claim, or directs,
8 hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual
9 to enter a construction site and intentionally stage an accident on such
10 site with the intent to file an insurance claim.
11 Staging a construction site accident is a class E felony.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
13 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14136-02-4
