STATE OF NEW YORK
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2815
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. ADAMS, ADDABBO, AVELLA, GOLDEN -- 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 possession of a weapon
on or in vehicles or facilities used for mass transit service by a
transit agency constituting criminal possession of a weapon in the
third degree
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 265.02 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 (4) Such person commits the crime of criminal possession of a weapon
4 in the fourth degree as defined in subdivision one, two, or four of
5 section 265.01 of this article, when situated in a subway train, subway
6 station, railroad train, railroad station or on a bus operated by a mass
7 transit provider, public or private, and such person uses or attempts to
8 use such weapon in the commission of another criminal act in such subway
9 train or station, railroad train or station, or bus; or
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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