Bill Text: NY A04163 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to theft of services from barbershops, salons or beauty salons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A04163 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04163-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4163
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 29, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. KEARNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to theft of services from
         barbershops, salons and beauty shops
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 165.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 12 to read as follows:
    3    12. WITH INTENT TO AVOID PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED  BY  A  BARBER-
    4  SHOP,  SALON  OR BEAUTY SHOP, HE OR SHE AVOIDS OR ATTEMPTS TO AVOID SUCH
    5  PAYMENT BY UNJUSTIFIABLE FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO PAY, BY  STEALTH,  OR  BY
    6  ANY  MISREPRESENTATION  OF  FACT  WHICH  HE OR SHE KNOWNS TO BE FALSE. A
    7  PERSON WHO FAILS OR REFUSES TO PAY FOR SUCH SERVICES IS PRESUMED TO HAVE
    8  INTENDED TO AVOID PAYMENT THEREFOR.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   10  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08399-01-5