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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.479
- Referred to codes
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
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- Ordered to third reading cal.1390
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to codes
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Prohibits vandalism of a vehicle owned by law enforcement personnel or law enforcement agencies
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Michael Simanowitz
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3200 REVISED 2/11/15
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to vandalism of vehicles owned by law enforcement personnel or law enforcement agencies
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 961 of the laws of 1971, by adding a new subdivision for the crime of criminal mischief in the second degree. The new subdivision states that a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when he or she damages a vehicle owned by law enforcement personnel or a law enforcement agency that is marked by police insignias or a police parking placard, placed on or inside the vehicle. Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class D felony.
Section 2 of the bill sets forth an immediate effective date.
Justification
Law enforcement personnel have the responsibility to uphold the law and protect the citizens of the jurisdictions they serve. As a result, these officers are placed in dangerous situations on a daily basis and enter willingly in the exercise of this duty.
Unfortunately, recent news reports reflect an increase in vandalism of vehicles owned by law enforcement personnel and law enforcement agencies in addition to the disturbing increase in physical assaults on police officers.
This bill seeks to subject those who target law enforcement through vandalism to the charge of criminal mischief in the second degree which is a class D felony. Crimes against law enforcement require enhanced charges in an effort to protect those who protect us and will hopefully serve as a deterrent to those who seek to commit such crimes.
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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