Bill Text: NY A04976 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes desecration of property commemorating a historical figure a class C felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A04976 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04976-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4976 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to desecration of property commemorating a historical figure 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 a new section 145.75 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 145.75 Desecration of property commemorating a historical figure. 4 A person is guilty of desecration of property commemorating a histor- 5 ical figure when with intent to damage property of another person, and 6 having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he 7 has such right, he: 8 (a) damages any real or personal property, including but not limited 9 to any commemorative monument, marker or street sign, relating to any 10 person, living or dead, who has historical or cultural significance; or 11 (b) with intent to steal personal property, he steals personal proper- 12 ty, including but not limited to any commemorative monument, marker or 13 street sign, relating to any person, living or dead, who has historical 14 or cultural significance. 15 Desecration of property commemorating a historical figure is a class C 16 felony. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 18 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. LBD02953-01-9