Bill Text: NY S03317 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elevates all computer tampering offenses by one degree in severity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-08 - referred to codes [S03317 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03317-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3317
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to computer tampering
         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 156.20 of the penal law,
    2  as amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 2006, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    Computer  tampering  in the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E
    5  FELONY.
    6    S 2. The closing paragraph of section 156.25  of  the  penal  law,  as
    7  amended  by  chapter  89  of  the  laws  of  1993, is amended to read as
    8  follows:
    9    Computer tampering in the third degree is a class [E] D felony.
   10    S 3. The closing paragraph of section 156.26  of  the  penal  law,  as
   11  amended  by  chapter  590  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
   12  follows:
   13    Computer tampering in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
   14    S 4. The closing paragraph of section 156.27  of  the  penal  law,  as
   15  added by chapter 89 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   16    Computer tampering in the first degree is a class [C] B felony.
   17    S 5. 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.
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