Bill Text: NY S08993 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to criminal mischief and damages to municipal property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-21 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08993 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08993-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8993 IN SENATE September 21, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to damages to municipal prop- erty The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 145.05 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 276 of the laws of 2003, is amended and a new subdi- 3 vision 3 is added to read as follows: 4 2. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding two 5 hundred fifty dollars[.]; or 6 3. damages property owned, controlled, leased or utilized by a munici- 7 pality, town, village or public authority which results in the property 8 taken out of service to the public to repair such damage. 9 § 2. Section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 961 of the 10 laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 11 § 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree. 12 A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with 13 intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do 14 so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, 15 he or she: 16 1. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thou- 17 sand five hundred dollars[.]; or 18 2. damages property owned, controlled, leased or utilized by a munici- 19 pality, town, village or public authority which results in the property 20 taken out of service to the public to repair such damage and the value 21 of the damage exceeds two hundred fifty dollars. 22 Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class D felony. 23 § 3. Section 145.12 of the penal law, as added by chapter 961 of the 24 laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 25 § 145.12 Criminal mischief in the first degree. 26 A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the first degree when with 27 intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD17238-01-0S. 8993 2 1 so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, 2 he or she: 3 1. damages property of another person by means of an explosive[.]; or 4 2. damages property owned, controlled, leased or utilized by a muni- 5 cipality, town, village or public authority which results in the proper- 6 ty taken out of service to the public to repair such damage and the 7 value of such damage exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars. 8 Criminal mischief in the first degree is a class B felony. 9 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law.