 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8931
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 6, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  expanding  the  crime  of
          making graffiti
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 145.60 of the penal law, as added by chapter 458 of
     2  the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 145.60 Making graffiti in the second degree.
     4    [1.] For purposes of this section and section 145.62 of this  article,
     5  the  term "graffiti" shall mean the etching, painting, covering, drawing
     6  upon or otherwise placing of a mark upon public or private property with
     7  intent to damage such property.  A person is guilty of  making  graffiti
     8  in the second degree when he or she
     9    [2.  No person shall make] makes graffiti of any type on any building,
    10  public or private, or any other property real or personal owned  by  any
    11  person,  firm  or  corporation  or any public agency or instrumentality,
    12  without the express permission of the owner or operator of said  proper-
    13  ty.
    14    Making graffiti in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
    15    §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 145.62 to read
    16  as follows:
    17  § 145.62 Making graffiti in the first degree.
    18    A person is guilty of making graffiti in the first  degree  when  such
    19  person  damages  property  of  another person in the manner described in
    20  section 145.60 of this article and he or she:
    21    1. within the previous ten year period, has been  convicted  three  or
    22  more  times,  in  separate  criminal transactions for which sentence was
    23  imposed on separate occasions, of criminal mischief in the fourth degree
    24  as defined in section 145.00, criminal mischief in the third  degree  as
    25  defined  in  section  145.05,  criminal mischief in the second degree as
    26  defined in section 145.10, criminal mischief  in  the  first  degree  as
    27  defined  in  section  145.12,  making  graffiti  in the second degree as
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15604-01-8

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     1  defined in section 145.60 of this article, or  making  graffiti  in  the
     2  first degree as defined in this section; and
     3    2. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thou-
     4  sand dollars.
     5    Making graffiti in the first degree is a class E felony.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     7  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
Expands the crime of making graffiti

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