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A08280 Summary:

BILL NOA08280
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08337
 
SPONSORGoodell
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Rpld §70.15 sub 1-a, amd §70.15, Pen L
 
Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year.
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A08280 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8280
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  increasing  the  maximum
          sentence  of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year; and to
          repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.    Subdivision  1-a  of  section 70.15 of the penal law is
     2  REPEALED.
     3    § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of  section  70.15  of  the  penal  law,  as
     4  amended  by  section 1 of part OO of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, are
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    1. Class A misdemeanor. A sentence  of  imprisonment  for  a  class  A
     7  misdemeanor  shall  be  a  definite  sentence.  When  such a sentence is
     8  imposed the term shall be fixed by  the  court,  and  shall  not  exceed
     9  [three hundred sixty-four days] one year.
    10    3. Unclassified misdemeanor. A sentence of imprisonment for an unclas-
    11  sified misdemeanor shall be a definite sentence. When such a sentence is
    12  imposed the term shall be fixed by the court, and shall be in accordance
    13  with  the  sentence  specified  in the law or ordinance that defines the
    14  crime [but, in any event, it shall not exceed three  hundred  sixty-four
    15  days].
    16    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    18  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    19  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    20  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13253-02-3
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