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A05029 Summary:

BILL NOA05029
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORReilly
 
COSPNSRTannousis, Novakhov, Brook-Krasny, Chang, Blumencranz, Angelino
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 155.30, Pen L
 
Provides that a person who has previously been subjected to two or more petit larceny convictions within 18 months immediately preceding the charge and the aggregate value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars, the person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree.
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A05029 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5029
 
SPONSOR: Reilly
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to allowing prosecutors to combine certain charges   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Authorizes prosecutors to combine petit larceny charges occurring in one 18-month period.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivisions 9, 10, and 11 of section 155.30of the penal law by adding the word "or" to bridge subdivisions9,10,11,and 12. Section 1 also adds a new subdivision 12 to section 155.30 of the penal law. Section 2 contains the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: This legislation intends to mitigate the serial theft of low dollar items by authorizing prosecutors to aggregate larceny charges within an 18-month period, potentially elevating Petit Larceny - a theft valued at $1,000 or less - to Grand Larceny - a theft exceeding $1,000 in value and up to as much as $1,000,000 in value.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: First of November next succeeding the date on which is shall have become law.
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A05029 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5029
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. REILLY, TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  allowing  prosecutors  to
          combine certain charges
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 9, 10 and 11 of section 155.30  of  the  penal
     2  law, subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2010, subdi-
     3  vision 10 as added by chapter 491 of the laws of 1992 and subdivision 11
     4  as  added  by  chapter  394  of  the laws of 2005, are amended and a new
     5  subdivision 12 is added to read as follows:
     6    9. The property consists of a scroll, religious vestment, a vessel, an
     7  item comprising a display of religious symbols which forms  a  represen-
     8  tative  expression  of  faith,  or  other miscellaneous item of property
     9  which:
    10    (a) has a value of at least one hundred dollars; and
    11    (b) is kept for or used in connection with religious  worship  in  any
    12  building,  structure or upon the curtilage of such building or structure
    13  used as a place of religious worship  by  a  religious  corporation,  as
    14  incorporated  under  the  religious  corporations  law  or the education
    15  law[.]; or
    16    10. The property consists of an access device which the person intends
    17  to use unlawfully to obtain telephone service[.]; or
    18    11. The property consists of anhydrous ammonia  or  liquified  ammonia
    19  gas  and  the  actor  intends to use, or knows another person intends to
    20  use, such anhydrous ammonia or  liquified  ammonia  gas  to  manufacture
    21  methamphetamine[.]; or
    22    12.  Such  person  has  previously been subjected to two or more petit
    23  larceny convictions as defined in section 155.25 of this article  within
    24  the  eighteen months immediately preceding the charge under this section
    25  and the aggregate value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    27  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.
                                                                   LBD07337-01-3
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