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A04121 Summary:

BILL NOA04121
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04448
 
SPONSORDinowitz
 
COSPNSRLunsford, Tapia, Buttenschon, Williams, Sayegh, Lavine, Alvarez, Benedetto, Hevesi, Novakhov, Zaccaro, Sillitti, Simone, Kim, Davila, Pheffer Amato, Chang, Durso, Brabenec, Ardila, Seawright, Eachus
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §155.30, Pen L
 
Provides that a prior conviction within the past two years for petit larceny shall raise a subsequent offense to grand larceny in the fourth degree.
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A04121 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4121
 
SPONSOR: Dinowitz
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to grand larceny in the fourth degree   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To deter an increasingly common crime and hold repeat offenders account- able by increasing the penalty for stealing property when the individual has been convicted of petit larceny within the last two years.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill would amend section 155.30 of the penal law to add a new subdivision 12, which would make a person guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree, a class E felony, when he or she has been convicted of petit larceny within the last two years. Section two of the bill sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Retail stores are experiencing shoplifting and theft of goods at an increasing rate. These frequent instances of property theft create a number of adverse impacts on businesses, including increases to their insurance rates, lost revenue as a result of consumers feeling unsafe to shop which, by extension, causes a decrease in the State's sales tax collection, and conditions in which retail workers must confront a person seeking to steal. In instances where a person who looks to steal is not confronted, an environment is created where the retail business becomes a target for future robberies. This bill would ensure that those who steal and are convicted of petit larceny in the last two years would be charged with grand larceny for repeated and continued offenses.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately after having become law.
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