Bill Text: NY A05557 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that aggravated harassment in the second degree is a class E felony if the victim of such harassment is a judge.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A05557 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05557-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5557
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 28, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to providing that  aggravated
         harassment in the second degree of a judge is a class E felony
         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 240.30 of the  penal  law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  510 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    Aggravated harassment in the second degree is a class  A  misdemeanor;
    5  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE VICTIM OF SUCH HARASSMENT IS A JUDGE THEN
    6  SUCH AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09191-01-3