STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4388 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree of metal wire used as a conductor to transmit and distribute electrical energy The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. The property consists of metal wire which is owned by an electric 4 company or public utility operated by a municipality or district and 5 which functions as a conductor to transmit and distribute electrical 6 energy in the electrical grid. 7 § 2. Section 165.45 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi- 8 vision 8 to read as follows: 9 8. The property consists of metal wire which is owned by an electric 10 company or public utility operated by a municipality or district and 11 which functions as a conductor to transmit and distribute electrical 12 energy in the electrical grid. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09802-01-7