Bill Text: NY A06428 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enumerates sanctions and imposes increasingly higher jail terms and civil penalties against persons who sell alcoholic beverages to minors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A06428 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06428-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6428
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
          GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  enumerating  sanctions
          against persons who sell alcoholic beverages to minors
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 260.20 of the  penal  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  362 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    Unlawfully dealing with a child in the  first  degree  is  a  class  A
     5  misdemeanor  and  any  person who violates the provisions of subdivision
     6  two of this section shall, upon first conviction thereof, be punished by
     7  a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment in a county
     8  jail or penitentiary for a term of not less than thirty  days  nor  more
     9  than  one  year  or  both, and upon a second conviction thereof shall be
    10  punished by a fine not less than two hundred fifty dollars or by  impri-
    11  sonment  in  a  county  jail or penitentiary for a term of not less than
    12  sixty days nor more than one year or both, and upon a  third  conviction
    13  thereof  shall  be punished by a fine not less than three hundred seven-
    14  ty-five dollars or by imprisonment in a county jail or penitentiary  for
    15  a  term  of not less than one hundred twenty days nor more than one year
    16  or both, and upon a fourth conviction thereof shall  be  punished  by  a
    17  fine  not  less than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a county
    18  jail or penitentiary for a term of not less than one hundred eighty days
    19  nor more than one year or both,  and  upon  all  subsequent  convictions
    20  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of not less than one thousand
    21  dollars or by imprisonment in a county jail or penitentiary for  a  term
    22  of one year or both.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    24  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.
                                                                   LBD08057-01-9