Bill Text: NY A03858 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the fines imposed on a corporation for an offense defined within the penal law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - referred to codes [A03858 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A03858-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3858

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 30, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, KELLES, LEVENBERG, GLICK, JACOBSON, BORES,
          SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to fines for corporations

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 80.10 of the penal law, as amended
     2  by section 28 of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of  2014,
     3  paragraphs  (a) and (b) as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 2023, is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    1. In general. A sentence to pay a fine, when imposed on a corporation
     6  for an offense defined in this chapter or for an offense defined outside
     7  this chapter for which no special corporate fine is specified, shall  be
     8  a sentence to pay an amount, fixed by the court, not exceeding:
     9    (a) [Ten] Eighty thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a felony;
    10  provided,  however, that when the conviction is pursuant to subparagraph
    11  (iv) of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section 20.20 of this  chap-
    12  ter,  such  fine  shall  be fixed by the court and shall be no more than
    13  five hundred thousand dollars;
    14    (b) [Five] Forty thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a class A
    15  misdemeanor or of an unclassified misdemeanor for which a term of impri-
    16  sonment in excess of three months is authorized; provided, however, that
    17  when the conviction is pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (c) of
    18  subdivision two of section 20.20 of this chapter,  such  fine  shall  be
    19  fixed  by  the  court  and  shall be no more than three hundred thousand
    20  dollars;
    21    (c) [Two] Fifteen thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a  class
    22  B misdemeanor or of an unclassified misdemeanor for which the authorized
    23  term of imprisonment is not in excess of three months;
    24    (d)  [Five hundred] Four thousand dollars, when the conviction is of a
    25  violation;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04971-01-5
        A. 3858                             2

     1    (e) Any higher amount not exceeding [double] three times the amount of
     2  the corporation's gain from the commission of the  offense  or,  if  the
     3  corporation  is  convicted  of  a  crime defined in article four hundred
     4  ninety-six of this chapter, any higher amount not exceeding three  times
     5  the  amount  of  the  corporation's  gain  from  the  commission of such
     6  offense.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.