Bill Text: NY A02156 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes certain written false statements within perjury where the instrument bears a notice that false statements are punishable.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A02156 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02156-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2156
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GALEF, PAULIN, MARKEY -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.   GABRYSZAK, McDONOUGH, McENENY,  MENG,  PHEFFER,
         REILLY, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including certain written
         false statements within perjury
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 210.00 of the penal law is amended
    2  to read as follows:
    3    1.  "Oath"  includes an affirmation and every other mode authorized by
    4  law of attesting to the truth of that which is stated, INCLUDING  MAKING
    5  A  STATEMENT  IN  A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT BEARING A LEGALLY AUTHORIZED FORM
    6  NOTICE TO THE EFFECT THAT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE THEREIN ARE PUNISHABLE.
    7    S 2. Section 210.45 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
    8  S 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement.
    9    A person is guilty of making a punishable false written statement when
   10  he knowingly makes a false statement, which he does not  believe  to  be
   11  true,  in  a written instrument bearing a legally authorized form notice
   12  to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable.  MAKING
   13  A PUNISHABLE FALSE STATEMENT MAY ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE  SWEARING  FALSELY
   14  FOR PURPOSES OF ANY APPROPRIATE DEGREE OF PERJURY.
   15    Making a punishable false written statement is a class A misdemeanor.
   16    S 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.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05356-01-1