Bill Text: NY A06648 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Increases the penalties for bias related and gang related graffiti, and graffiti upon religious property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-26 - print number 6648b [A06648 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06648-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6648--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BENEDETTO, MARKEY, P. RIVERA, ROBERTS, SPANO,
         M. MILLER, GALEF, REILLY, STEVENSON, MOYA -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
         of  A.  ABBATE,  GUNTHER, HOOPER, SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to
         the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --   committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to bias-related graffiti, the
         disposition  of graffiti offenses, graffiti for the purpose of promot-
         ing gang related activities and graffiti upon religious  property;  to
         amend  the  criminal  procedure  law,  in relation to the unsealing of
         youthful offender records relating to the commission of making graffi-
         ti in the first degree and aggravated harassment in the first  degree;
         and  to  amend  the  general  business  law,  in relation to requiring
         persons engaged in the retail sale of  aerosol  spray  paint  to  post
         notice  of  provisions  of  and  penalties  for commission of graffiti
         offenses
         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 60.31 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 60.31 AUTHORIZED  DISPOSITION;  AGGRAVATED  HARASSMENT  IN  THE  FIRST
    4              DEGREE.
    5    WHEN  A  PERSON  IS  CONVICTED  OF  AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST
    6  DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 240.31 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR OF AN ATTEMPT TO
    7  COMMIT SUCH AN OFFENSE, OR OF A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE, IN ADDITION  TO
    8  ANY OTHER SENTENCE IMPOSED OR AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION OR CONDITIONAL
    9  DISCHARGE  THE  COURT MAY ORDER SUCH PERSON TO PARTICIPATE IN, AT HIS OR
   10  HER OWN EXPENSE, A DIVERSITY TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO  OVER-
   11  COME DISCRIMINATION, PREJUDICE AND INTOLERANCE, AND THAT PROMOTES COMMU-
   12  NICATION,  UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG DIVERSE RACIAL, RELIGIOUS AND
   13  ETHNIC GROUPS.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04419-03-1
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    1    S 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section 65.10 of the penal law,
    2  as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 2001, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    (h) Perform services for a public or not-for-profit corporation, asso-
    5  ciation,  institution  or  agency, including but not limited to services
    6  for the [division] OFFICE of ALCOHOLISM AND  substance  abuse  services,
    7  [services  in  an  appropriate community program for removal of graffiti
    8  from public or private property, including any property damaged  in  the
    9  underlying  offense,] or services for the maintenance and repair of real
   10  or personal property maintained as a cemetery plot, grave, burial  place
   11  or other place of interment of human remains. Provided however, that the
   12  performance of any such services shall not result in the displacement of
   13  employed  workers  or  in  the  impairment  of  existing  contracts  for
   14  services, nor shall the performance of any such services be required  or
   15  permitted  in any establishment involved in any labor strike or lockout.
   16  The court may establish  provisions  for  the  early  termination  of  a
   17  sentence   of   probation  or  conditional  discharge  pursuant  to  the
   18  provisions of subdivision three of section 410.90 of the criminal proce-
   19  dure law after such services have been completed. Such sentence may only
   20  be imposed upon conviction of a misdemeanor, violation, or  class  D  or
   21  class  E  felony,  or  a  youthful  offender  finding replacing any such
   22  conviction, where the defendant has consented to the amount  and  condi-
   23  tions of such service;
   24    S  3. Section 65.10 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
   25  vision 6 to read as follows:
   26    6. WHEN IMPOSING A SENTENCE OF PROBATION OR OF  CONDITIONAL  DISCHARGE
   27  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  A VIOLATION OF SECTION 145.60, 145.62 OR 145.65 OF
   28  THIS CHAPTER, THE COURT SHALL AS A CONDITION OF  THE  SENTENCE,  REQUIRE
   29  THAT  THE  DEFENDANT  REMOVE  GRAFFITI  FROM PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY,
   30  INCLUDING ANY PROPERTY DAMAGED IN THE  UNDERLYING  OFFENSE,  UNLESS  THE
   31  COURT  SHALL  DETERMINE  THAT  AN  APPROPRIATE PROGRAM TO SUPERVISE SUCH
   32  REMOVAL IS NOT AVAILABLE OR THAT SUCH GRAFFITI REMOVAL WOULD  BE  UNREA-
   33  SONABLY DANGEROUS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT GRAFFITI REMOVAL FROM PRIVATE
   34  PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CONSENT OF THE
   35  OWNER OF SUCH PROPERTY.
   36    S  4.  Section 145.60 of the penal law, as added by chapter 458 of the
   37  laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   38  S 145.60 Making graffiti IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   39    1. For purposes of this section AND SECTION 145.62  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
   40  the  term "graffiti" shall mean the etching, painting, covering, drawing
   41  upon or otherwise placing of a mark upon public or private property with
   42  intent to damage such property.
   43    2. [No person shall make] A PERSON IS GUILTY OF MAKING GRAFFITI IN THE
   44  SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE MAKES graffiti of any type on any building,
   45  public or private, or any other property real or personal owned  by  any
   46  person,  firm  or  corporation  or any public agency or instrumentality,
   47  without the express permission of the owner or operator of said  proper-
   48  ty.
   49    Making graffiti IN THE SECOND DEGREE is a class A misdemeanor.
   50    S  5.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 145.62 to read
   51  as follows:
   52  S 145.62 MAKING GRAFFITI IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
   53    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF MAKING GRAFFITI IN THE FIRST  DEGREE  WHEN  SUCH
   54  PERSON  DAMAGES  PROPERTY  OF  ANOTHER PERSON IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN
   55  SECTION 145.60 OF THIS ARTICLE AND HE OR SHE MAKES GRAFFITI OF ANY TYPE.
   56    1. IN A MANNER TO PROMOTE OR ENCOURAGE GANG RELATED ACTIVITIES; OR
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    1    2. ON ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR THE CURTILAGE  OF  SUCH  BUILDING  OR
    2  STRUCTURE  USED  AS  A  PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BY A RELIGIOUS CORPO-
    3  RATION, AS INCORPORATED UNDER THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS  LAW,  OR  UPON
    4  ANY PROPERTY THAT CONSISTS OF A SCROLL, RELIGIOUS VESTMENT, VESSEL, ITEM
    5  COMPRISING A DISPLAY OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS WHICH ARE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE
    6  EXPRESSION OF FAITH OR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEM OF PROPERTY KEPT OR USED
    7  IN OR UPON SUCH BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.
    8    MAKING GRAFFITI IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
    9    S 6. Section 240.31 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
   10  vision 1-a to read as follows:
   11    1-A.  ETCHES,  PAINTS,  COVERS,  DRAWS UPON OR OTHERWISE PLACES A MARK
   12  UPON ANY BUILDING OR ANY OTHER REAL PROPERTY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, WITHOUT
   13  THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF SUCH BUILDING OR REAL
   14  PROPERTY; OR
   15    S 7.   Section 720.35 of the criminal  procedure  law  is  amended  by
   16  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   17    5.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
   18  WHENEVER A PERSON IS ADJUDICATED A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER AND THE  CONVICTION
   19  THAT  WAS  VACATED  AND  REPLACED  BY  THE YOUTHFUL OFFENDER FINDING WAS
   20  EITHER MAKING GRAFFITI IN THE  FIRST  DEGREE  IN  VIOLATION  OF  SECTION
   21  145.62  OF THE PENAL LAW OR AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE IN
   22  VIOLATION OF SECTION 240.31 OF THE PENAL  LAW,  THEN  THE  NAME  OF  THE
   23  YOUTHFUL  OFFENDER AND THE CRIME FOR WHICH THE YOUTHFUL OFFENDER FINDING
   24  WAS SUBSTITUTED SHALL NOT BE CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY BE MADE  AVAILABLE  TO
   25  ANY PERSON OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCY.
   26    S 8. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-j
   27  to read as follows:
   28    S 399-J. RETAIL SALE OF AEROSOL SPRAY PAINT; NOTICE OF GRAFFITI PENAL-
   29  TIES.  1.  EVERY PERSON AND ENTITY ENGAGED IN THE RETAIL SALE OF AEROSOL
   30  SPRAY PAINT SHALL, AT EACH LOCATION AT WHICH SUCH PAINT IS DISPLAYED FOR
   31  SALE, CONSPICUOUSLY POST A SIGN ADVISING CUSTOMERS OF THE PROVISIONS  OF
   32  AND  PENALTIES  FOR  MAKING  GRAFFITI  IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
   33  SECTION 145.60, MAKING GRAFFITI  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN
   34  SECTION 145.62, POSSESSION OF GRAFFITI INSTRUMENTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION
   35  145.65  AND  AGGRAVATED  HARASSMENT  IN  THE  FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
   36  SECTION 240.31 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   37    2. A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL  PENALTY
   38  NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
   39    S 9. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   40  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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