Bill Text: NY A04965 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes fires caused by the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in the first degree.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - held for consideration in codes [A04965 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04965-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4965

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including fires caused  by
          the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in
          the first degree

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of  section  150.20  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  950  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. A person is guilty of arson in the first degree when,  while  manu-
     5  facturing,  attempting  to  manufacture  or endeavoring to manufacture a
     6  controlled substance in violation of article two hundred twenty of  this
     7  chapter,  destroys  in  whole  or  in  part,  or  causes to be burned or
     8  destroyed, or aids, counsels or procures the burning or  destruction  of
     9  any  building  or contents thereof, inhabited or occupied by one or more
    10  persons, whether such building or  contents  is  the  property  of  such
    11  person  or  another, or when, while manufacturing or attempting to manu-
    12  facture a controlled substance in violation of article two hundred twen-
    13  ty of this chapter, causes a person to be burned, or aids,  counsels  or
    14  procures the burning of a person.
    15    3.  As  used  in  this  section, "incendiary device" means a breakable
    16  container designed to explode or  produce  uncontained  combustion  upon
    17  impact,  containing  flammable  liquid  and  having  a wick or a similar
    18  device capable of being ignited; and "controlled substance"  shall  have
    19  the  same  meaning as set forth in subdivision five of section 220.00 of
    20  this chapter.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08090-01-1