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Senator · Senate District 54
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BILL NUMBER:S473
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to cemetery desecration in the first degree
Purpose
This legislation would include all property, regardless of value, under the crime of cemetery desecration.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends section 145.23 of the Penal Law to include all property, regardless of value, located at a cemetery plot, grave, burial place or other place of interment of human remains in the crime of cemetery desecration. This section also makes technical changes.
Section two establishes an effective date.
Justification
Cemetery desecration is a continuing problem in New York State and recently has resulted in the theft of numerous veterans markers. NYS Law must address all cemetery desecration, regardless of the value of theft or damage to deal with this extremely disrespectful problem.
Legislative history
S.8731 of 2007/2008 S.2686 of 2009/2010
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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