Bill Text: NY A02879 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
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.
LBD01011-01-5
