A01836 Summary:

BILL NOA01836
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORDinowitz (MS)
 
COSPNSRMayersohn, Galef, Cymbrowitz, Sweeney, Scarborough, Millman
 
MLTSPNSRAlfano, Barra, John, Paulin
 
Amd S190.25, Pen L
 
Expands criminal impersonation to include persons who impersonate employees in order to gain access to or remain in a dwelling; classifies it as an A misdemeanor.
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A01836 Actions:

BILL NOA01836
 
01/12/2009referred to codes
01/06/2010referred to codes
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A01836 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01836 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1836
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, MAYERSOHN, GALEF, CYMBROWITZ, SWEENEY,
          SCARBOROUGH, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO,  BARRA,
          JOHN,  PAULIN,  WALKER  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
          Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  expanding  the  crime  of
          criminal impersonation
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 190.25 of the penal law, the section heading, open-
     2  ing paragraph, subdivision 3 and the closing  paragraph  as  amended  by
     3  chapter 27 of the laws of 1980 and subdivision 4 as added by chapter 304
     4  of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
     5  § 190.25 Criminal impersonation in the second degree.
     6    A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when
     7  he or she:
     8    1. Impersonates another and does an act in such assumed character with
     9  intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another; or
    10    2.  Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization and
    11  does an act in such pretended capacity with intent to obtain  a  benefit
    12  or to injure or defraud another; or

    13    3.  (a)  Pretends to be a public servant, or wears or displays without
    14  authority any uniform, badge, insignia or  facsimile  thereof  by  which
    15  such  public  servant is lawfully distinguished, or falsely expresses by
    16  his or her words or actions that he or she is a  public  servant  or  is
    17  acting  with approval or authority of a public agency or department; and
    18  (b) so acts with intent to induce another to submit  to  such  pretended
    19  official  authority,  to  solicit funds or to otherwise cause another to
    20  act in reliance upon that pretense[.]; or
    21    4. Impersonates another by communication by internet website or  elec-
    22  tronic means with intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud anoth-
    23  er, or by such communication pretends to be a public servant in order to
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02719-01-9

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     1  induce  another  to  submit to such authority or act in reliance on such
     2  pretense[.]; or
     3    5.  (a)  Pretends to be employed by another and in furtherance thereof
     4  wears or displays without authority a  uniform,  insignia  or  facsimile
     5  thereof  by  which  such  employee  may  be  distinguished,  or  falsely
     6  expresses by his or her words or actions that he or she is  an  employee
     7  of such employer or is acting with approval or authority of such employ-

     8  er;  and  (b) so acts with the intent to induce another to permit him or
     9  her to enter or remain in a dwelling. For purposes of this  subdivision,
    10  "dwelling"  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  in subdivision three of
    11  section 140.00 of this part.
    12    Criminal impersonation in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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