 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4670
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to presumptive evidence of
          hate crimes
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 485.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. During the commission of a specified offense, it shall be  presump-
     4  tive evidence of a hate crime when the offender verbally utilizes any of
     5  the commonly known profane slurs or biased language used to describe the
     6  race,  color,  national  origin,  ancestry,  gender, religion, religious
     7  practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of the victim.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     9  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Presumptive evidence of hate crimes

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