 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8880
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 26, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
          of migrant trafficking
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "stop
     2  migrant trafficking act".
     3    § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 135.38  to  read
     4  as follows:
     5  § 135.38 Migrant trafficking.
     6    1.  A  person is guilty of migrant trafficking if he or she engages in
     7  any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from:
     8    (a) any location outside of New York state to a  location  within  New
     9  York  state  with  the intent of dropping such person off in any munici-
    10  pality or federal property located wholly within New York state  bounda-
    11  ries; or
    12    (b)  any location within New York state to another location within New
    13  York state with the intent of dropping such person off  in  any  munici-
    14  pality  or federal property located wholly within New York state bounda-
    15  ries.
    16    2. As used in this section, "person" means a natural person, a  compa-
    17  ny,  society, association, corporation, manager, contractor, subcontrac-
    18  tor, partnership, bureau,  agency,  service,  office  or  the  agent  or
    19  employee of the foregoing.
    20    Migrant trafficking is a class C felony.
    21    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    22  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    23  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    24  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    25  on or before such effective date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14039-01-4
Establishing the offense of migrant trafficking

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