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History
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–1
- Amended on third reading 2190a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.474
- Referred to codes
- Referred to codes
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Expands the definition of the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Joseph Lentol
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the definition of the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 establishes the title as the "Critical Infrastructure Safety Act."
Section 2 amends Section 140.15 of the penal law by making a person guilty of Criminal Trespassing in the Second Degree when he or she knowingly climbs upon any railing, cable, suspender rope, tower, or superstructure of any bridge, or otherwise trespasses on any portion of a bridge, tunnel, or any other critical infrastructure that is not intended for public use. Section one also defines "critical infrastructure" and "not intended for public use:"
"Critical Infrastructure" means systems, assets, places or things,so vital to the state that the disruption, incapacitation or destruction of them could jeopardize the health, safety, welfare or security of the state, its residents or its economy
"Not intended for public use" means any area on or surrounding critical infrastructure that is either clearly marked as such or that a reasonable person would determine is not for public use. Criminal trespass in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Section 3 establishes the effective date.
Justification
Three separate incidents of tourists climbing the Brooklyn Bridge, one in which two people replaced the American flags atop the towers of the bridge, have highlighted a serious gap in New York State Law. Currently, there is no language in State law that distinguishes trespassing on critical infrastructure from other instances of trespassing.
This bill will hold accountable those who jeopardize the safety of New York's residents by knowingly climbing areas of critical infrastructure not intended for public use. The state Division of Homeland Security uses a similar definition of critical infrastructure to assess the vulnerability of infrastructure to terrorist attack.
Prior legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
No fiscal impact
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law.
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