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
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