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                                         2788

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 3, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ESPADA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to filing infor-
         mation with the accusatory instrument where the district attorney does
         not charge a person with  a  hate  crime  when  certain  offenses  are
         committed against female victims

         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 100.60 to read as follows:
    3  S 100.60 REPORTING BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN CERTAIN CASES.
    4    1.  WHEN A SPECIFIED OFFENSE IS COMMITTED AGAINST A FEMALE VICTIM, THE
    5  DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHALL SET FORTH THEIR REASONING FOR NOT  CHARGING  THE
    6  DEFENDANT  WITH  A  HATE  CRIME PROSECUTABLE UNDER SECTION 485.05 OF THE
    7  PENAL LAW.
    8    2. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
    9  FILED WITH THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 1.20 OF THIS
   10  CHAPTER.
   11    3. A "SPECIFIED OFFENSE" IS AN OFFENSE DEFINED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
   12  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW:  SECTION  120.00  (ASSAULT IN THE THIRD
   13  DEGREE); SECTION 120.05 (ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE);  SECTION  120.10
   14  (ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.12 (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A
   15  PERSON  LESS  THAN  ELEVEN  YEARS  OLD); SECTION 120.13 (MENACING IN THE
   16  FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 120.14 (MENACING IN THE SECOND  DEGREE);  SECTION
   17  120.15  (MENACING  IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.20 (RECKLESS ENDAN-
   18  GERMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 120.25 (RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT  IN
   19  THE  FIRST  DEGREE);  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 125.15 (MANSLAUGHTER IN
   20  THE SECOND DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE,  TWO  OR  FOUR  OF  SECTION  125.20
   21  (MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 125.25 (MURDER IN THE SECOND
   22  DEGREE);  SECTION 120.45 (STALKING IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 120.50
   23  (STALKING IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 120.55 (STALKING IN  THE  SECOND

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  DEGREE);  SECTION 120.60 (STALKING IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE
    2  OF SECTION 130.35 (RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
    3  130.50 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST  DEGREE);  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
    4  SECTION  130.65  (SEXUAL  ABUSE  IN  THE FIRST DEGREE); PARAGRAPH (A) OF
    5  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.67 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND
    6  DEGREE); PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 130.70  (AGGRAVATED
    7  SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.05 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT
    8  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE);  SECTION  135.10 (UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE
    9  FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.20 (KIDNAPPING IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION
   10  135.25 (KIDNAPPING IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 135.60 (COERCION IN THE
   11  SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 135.65 (COERCION IN THE FIRST  DEGREE);  SECTION
   12  140.10 (CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 140.15 (CRIMINAL
   13  TRESPASS IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.17 (CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE
   14  FIRST  DEGREE);  SECTION  140.20 (BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION
   15  140.25 (BURGLARY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 140.30 (BURGLARY IN  THE
   16  FIRST  DEGREE); SECTION 145.00 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE FOURTH DEGREE);
   17  SECTION 145.05 (CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE THIRD DEGREE);  SECTION  145.10
   18  (CRIMINAL  MISCHIEF  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE);  SECTION 145.12 (CRIMINAL
   19  MISCHIEF IN THE FIRST DEGREE);  SECTION  150.05  (ARSON  IN  THE  FOURTH
   20  DEGREE);  SECTION  150.10  (ARSON  IN  THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 150.15
   21  (ARSON IN THE  SECOND  DEGREE);  SECTION  150.20  (ARSON  IN  THE  FIRST
   22  DEGREE);  SECTION  155.25 (PETIT LARCENY); SECTION 155.30 (GRAND LARCENY
   23  IN THE FOURTH DEGREE);  SECTION  155.35  (GRAND  LARCENY  IN  THE  THIRD
   24  DEGREE);  SECTION  155.40  (GRAND LARCENY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION
   25  155.42 (GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 160.05  (ROBBERY  IN
   26  THE  THIRD  DEGREE);  SECTION  160.10  (ROBBERY  IN  THE SECOND DEGREE);
   27  SECTION 160.15 (ROBBERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 240.25 (HARASSMENT
   28  IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO OR  FOUR  OF  SECTION  240.30
   29  (AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE); OR ANY ATTEMPT OR CONSPIR-
   30  ACY TO COMMIT ANY OF THE FOREGOING OFFENSES.
   31    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   32  have become a law.