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History
- Substituted by A5661
- Ordered to third reading cal.1269
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Relates to the definition, and information provided about, sex offenders
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Harvey Weisenberg
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1521
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the crime of aggravated criminal conduct where an individual commits a misdemeanor and has been previously subjected to four or more qualifying misdemeanor convictions within the preceding five years
Purpose
This legislation would create the crime of aggravated criminal conduct where an individual commits a misdemeanor and has been previously subjected to four or more qualifying misdemeanor convictions within the preceding five years.
Summary of provisions
Adds a new section 240.75 to the New York State Penal Law to create the crime of aggravated criminal conduct where an individual commits a misdemeanor and has been previously subjected to four or more qualifying misdemeanor convictions within the preceding five years.
Each conviction must have been a crime in New York State and be a class A misdemeanor. In calculating the five year period, any period of time during which the defendant was incarcerated for any reason between the time of commission of any of the previous convictions and the time of the present misdemeanor will be excluded for the five year period timeframe.
Aggravated criminal conduct is a class E felony.
Justification
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services reports that 8,824 individuals had been convicted of five or more misdemeanors within the three years that ended Dec. 31, 2010. Of those more than 8,000 criminals, 1,600 of them had 10 or more convictions in the same time frame, and a staggering 169 criminals had 20 or more convictions.
Something must be done to remove these perpetual repeat offenders off the streets of New York State and behind bars. This legislation would create the crime of aggravated criminal conduct where an individual commits a misdemeanor and has been previously subjected to four or more qualifying misdemeanor convictions within the preceding five years.
Legislative history
S.5096 of 2011/12 (Passed Senate 2012)
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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