Creates the class D felony of citizenship document fraud in the first degree and the class E felony of citizen document fraud in the second degree to deter the manufacture, distribution, sale or use of false documents to conceal citizenship or resident alien status.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4707
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, GABRYSZAK, FIELDS, P. LOPEZ, EDDINGTON,
CALHOUN, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BALL,
COLTON, CROUCH, GALEF, GIGLIO, KOLB, MAISEL, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH,
PHEFFER, REILLY, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making citizenship docu-
ment fraud in the first degree and second degree class D and E felo-
nies, respectively
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 two new sections 190.21
2 and 190.22 to read as follows:
3 § 190.21 Citizenship document fraud in the second degree.
4 A person is guilty of citizenship document fraud in the second degree
5 when, with intent to facilitate the concealment of the true citizenship
6 or resident alien status of another or himself or herself, he or she
7 knowingly uses any false document to facilitate such concealment.
8 Citizenship document fraud in the second degree is a class E felony.
9 § 190.22 Citizenship document fraud in the first degree.
10 A person is guilty of citizenship document fraud in the first degree
11 when, with intent to facilitate the concealment of the true citizenship
12 or resident alien status of another or himself or herself, he or she
13 knowingly manufactures, distributes, or sells any false document.
14 Citizenship document fraud in the first degree is a class D felony.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
16 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.
LBD07163-01-9
