Bill Text: NY S08206 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes using coercion to expose immigration status as a misdemeanor offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-24 - PRINT NUMBER 8206A [S08206 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S08206-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8206--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 16, 2010
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  ESPADA, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  commit-
         tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
         mitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing  the  use  of
         coercion to expose immigration status as a misdemeanor offense
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 9 of  section  135.60  of  the  penal  law,  as
    2  amended  by chapter 426 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new subdi-
    3  vision 10 is added to read as follows:
    4    9. Perform any other act which would not in itself materially  benefit
    5  the actor but which is calculated to harm another person materially with
    6  respect  to his or her health, safety, business, calling, career, finan-
    7  cial condition, reputation or personal relationships[.]; OR
    8    10. REVEAL OR DISCLOSE SUCH PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS TO A  FEDERAL,
    9  STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY.
   10    S  2.    This  act  shall  take  effect  on the first of November next
   11  succeeding 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.
                                                                  LBD17731-02-0
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