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S4505Senate2009-2010 Session

Makes the criminal penalty for persons who communicate a bomb threat to that for a class E felony

Sponsor Carl KrugerSD-27Affects Legal
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In Senate Committee
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Pending
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Carl Kruger

Senator · Senate District 27

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  1. Referred to codes
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Title of bill

An act to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the criminal penalties for bomb threats

Purpose/summary of provisions

This legislation will increase the penalty for persons who communicate a false bomb threat to that for a class E felony. Section 240.31, as amended by Chapter 958 of the laws of 1983, is amended to classify a bomb threat as Aggravated Harassment in the First Degree, a class E felony.

Justification

The number of falsely reported bomb threats has risen enormously in recent years and is the cause of great alarm and inconvenience for many institutions located throughout New York State. Aside from the fear associated with a bomb scare, the costs that arise from shutting down institutions and performing investigations are a great financial burden. In an effort to deter people from making false bomb threats, this legislation will move the crime of making a bomb threat from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. According to the legislation, a person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the first degree when he communicates the threat of a bomb with intent to threaten or alarm another person by using mechanical or electronic means, by person, by telephone, mail, or any other form of written communication.

Fiscal implications

None to the state.

Effective date

This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall become a law.

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