Bill Text: NY S03490 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-07 - referred to codes [S03490 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03490-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3490
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  the  crime  of  falsely
         accusing someone of a crime
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.49  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 240.49 FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME.
    4    A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME WHEN HE OR
    5  SHE SIGNS AND SUBMITS AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT  WITH  A  MEMBER  OF  LAW
    6  ENFORCEMENT AND DOES SO KNOWING THE CONTENT OF THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT
    7  IS FALSE.
    8    FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME IS A CLASS E FELONY.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   10  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.
                                                                  LBD01573-01-5