Bill Text: NY A02879 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elevates all computer tampering offenses by one degree in severity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A02879 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02879-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2879
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to computer tampering
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 156.20 of the  penal  law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  558 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    Computer tampering in the fourth degree is a class [A  misdemeanor]  E
    5  FELONY.
    6    S  2.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 156.25 of the penal law, as
    7  amended by chapter 89 of the  laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
    8  follows:
    9    Computer tampering in the third degree is a class [E] D felony.
   10    S  3.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 156.26 of the penal law, as
   11  amended by chapter 590 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
   12  follows:
   13    Computer tampering in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
   14    S  4.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 156.27 of the penal law, as
   15  added by chapter 89 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   16    Computer tampering in the first degree is a class [C] B felony.
   17    S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   18  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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