Bill Text: NY A01760 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the crime of criminal trespass on the field of play of a sports event

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-11 - held for consideration in codes [A01760 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A01760-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1760
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENJA-
         MIN, CANESTRARI, CARROZZA, DelMONTE, GALEF, MAGEE, MARKEY,  MAYERSOHN,
         ORTIZ, PAULIN, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, SCHIMMINGER, SWEENEY, TOWNS, WEISEN-
         BERG, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to creating the crime of
         criminal trespass on the field of play of a sports event
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 140.18 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 140.18 CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON THE FIELD OF PLAY OF A SPORTS EVENT.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON THE  FIELD  OF  PLAY  OF  A
    5  SPORTS  EVENT WHEN SUCH PERSON KNOWINGLY ENTERS OR REMAINS UNLAWFULLY ON
    6  THE FIELD OF PLAY OF A SPORTS EVENT NOT OTHERWISE OPEN  TO  THE  PUBLIC,
    7  WHILE  SUCH EVENT IS BEING PLAYED OR DURING WHICH TIME THE FIELD OF PLAY
    8  IS BEING UTILIZED BY PARTICIPANTS IN  SUCH  SPORTS  ACTIVITY,  WITH  THE
    9  INTENT TO VIOLATE SECTION 120.00, 145.00 OR 155.25 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   10    FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "FIELD OF PLAY OF A SPORTS EVENT" SHALL
   11  MEAN THE LOCATION UPON WHICH A PROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENT  OR  SPORTING
   12  EVENT FOR WHICH ADMISSION IS CHARGED TO THE PUBLIC IS PLAYED.
   13    CRIMINAL  TRESPASS ON THE FIELD OF PLAY OF A SPORTS EVENT IS A CLASS B
   14  MISDEMEANOR.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   16  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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