Bill Text: NY A04707 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to making citizenship document fraud in the first degree and second degree class D and E felonies, respectively

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A04707 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04707-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4707
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. CLARK, GABRYSZAK, FIELDS, P. LOPEZ, EDDINGTON,
         CALHOUN, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BACALLES,  BALL,
         COLTON,  CROUCH,  GALEF,  GIGLIO,  KOLB, MAISEL, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH,
         PHEFFER, REILLY, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred  to  the
         Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to making citizenship docu-
         ment fraud in the first degree and second degree class D and  E  felo-
         nies, respectively
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections  190.21
    2  and 190.22 to read as follows:
    3  S 190.21 CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT FRAUD IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
    4    A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT FRAUD IN THE SECOND DEGREE
    5  WHEN, WITH INTENT TO FACILITATE THE CONCEALMENT OF THE TRUE  CITIZENSHIP
    6  OR  RESIDENT  ALIEN  STATUS  OF ANOTHER OR HIMSELF OR HERSELF, HE OR SHE
    7  KNOWINGLY USES ANY FALSE DOCUMENT TO FACILITATE SUCH CONCEALMENT.
    8    CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT FRAUD IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
    9  S 190.22 CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT FRAUD IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
   10    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT FRAUD IN THE  FIRST  DEGREE
   11  WHEN,  WITH INTENT TO FACILITATE THE CONCEALMENT OF THE TRUE CITIZENSHIP
   12  OR RESIDENT ALIEN STATUS OF ANOTHER OR HIMSELF OR  HERSELF,  HE  OR  SHE
   13  KNOWINGLY MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTES, OR SELLS ANY FALSE DOCUMENT.
   14    CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT FRAUD IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   16  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.
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