S00529 Summary:

BILL NOS00529
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08561
 
SPONSORFUSCHILLO
 
COSPNSRMAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER, AVELLA, HASSELL-THOMPSON, LARKIN, STAVISKY, YOUNG
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd Pen L, generally; amd S38, Gen Bus L
 
Enacts the "anti-organized retail theft act"; criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes the crime of leader of an organized retail theft enterprise; relates to the authorization of jurisdiction and venue and authorized sentences for a pattern of criminal offenses; relates to the aggregated value of stolen merchandise; relates to the use of an emergency exit in the theft of property; relates to the possession of anti-security items; relates to retail sales receipt and universal product code label fraud; relates to itinerant vendors; and relates to theft with intent to resell on an online marketplace.
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S00529 Actions:

BILL NOS00529
 
01/05/2011REFERRED TO CODES
01/04/2012REFERRED TO CODES
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S00529 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00529 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           529
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 5, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER, HASSELL-THOMPSON --
          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  criminalizing  organized

          retail  theft  and  establishing  the  crime of leader of an organized
          retail theft enterprise (Part A); to amend the penal law, in  relation
          to   the  authorization  of  jurisdiction  and  venue  and  authorized
          sentences for a pattern of criminal offenses (Part B);  to  amend  the
          penal  law,  in relation to the aggregated value of stolen merchandise
          (Part C); to amend the penal law, in relation to the use of  emergency
          exit  in  the  theft  of property (Part D); to amend the penal law, in
          relation to the possession of anti-security items (Part E);  to  amend
          the penal law, in relation to retail sales receipt and universal prod-
          uct  code  label fraud (Part F); to amend the general business law, in
          relation to itinerant vendors (Part G); and to amend the penal law, in
          relation to theft with intent to resell on an online marketplace (Part
          H)
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "anti-or-
     2  ganized retail theft act".
     3    § 2. This act enacts into law major components  of  legislation  which
     4  are  necessary  to  implement the anti-organized retail theft act.  Each
     5  component is wholly contained  within  a  Part  identified  as  Parts  A
     6  through  H.  The  effective date for each particular provision contained
     7  within such Part is set forth in the last  section  of  such  Part.  Any
     8  provision  in  any section contained within a Part, including the effec-
     9  tive date of the Part, which makes reference to a section "of this act",
    10  when used in connection with that particular component, shall be  deemed
    11  to  mean  and refer to the corresponding section of the Part in which it
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00205-01-1

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     1  is found. Section four of this act sets forth the general effective date
     2  of this act.
 
     3                                   PART A
 
     4    Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  Organized retail theft is a growing
     5  problem for retailers in this state and throughout the United States. It
     6  is committed by professional theft rings which move  across  communities
     7  and  states  to  pilfer merchandise from supermarkets, chain drugstores,
     8  independent pharmacies, mass merchandisers and convenience stores,  then
     9  resell  that  merchandise  over the internet, at flea markets and to the

    10  stores from which it was stolen. Popular items include  infant  formula,
    11  skin care products, heartburn medications and shaving products.  Accord-
    12  ing to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, organized retail theft loss-
    13  es  have  amounted  to  as  much as $30 billion. This act is intended to
    14  provide an additional tool to retailers  to  fight  back  against  these
    15  shoplifting gangs.
    16    §  2.  The  penal law is amended by adding two new sections 155.50 and
    17  155.55 to read as follows:
    18  § 155.50 Retail theft.
    19    1. Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section:
    20    (a) "shopping cart" means pushcarts of the type  or  types  which  are
    21  commonly  provided by grocery stores, drugstores or other retail mercan-
    22  tile establishments for the use of the public  in  transporting  commod-

    23  ities  in  stores  and  markets  and, incidentally, from the stores to a
    24  place outside the store;
    25    (b) "store or other retail mercantile  establishment"  means  a  place
    26  where  merchandise  is displayed, held, stored or sold or offered to the
    27  public for sale;
    28    (c) "merchandise" means any goods, chattels, foodstuffs  or  wares  of
    29  any type and description, regardless of the value thereof;
    30    (d)  "merchant"  means  any  owner  or  operator of any store or other
    31  retail  mercantile  establishment,  or  any  agent,  servant,  employee,
    32  lessee, consignee, officer, director, franchisee or independent contrac-
    33  tor of such owner or proprietor;
    34    (e)  "person" means any individual or individuals, including an agent,

    35  servant or employee of a merchant where the facts of  the  situation  so
    36  require;
    37    (f) "conceal" means to conceal merchandise so that, although there may
    38  be  some  notice  of  its  presence,  it is not visible through ordinary
    39  observation;
    40    (g) "full retail value" means  the  merchant's  stated  or  advertised
    41  price of the merchandise;
    42    (h) "premises of a store or retail mercantile establishment" means and
    43  includes but is not limited to, the retail mercantile establishment; any
    44  common  use areas in shopping centers and all parking areas set aside by
    45  a merchant or on behalf of a merchant for the parking  of  vehicles  for
    46  the convenience of the patrons of such retail mercantile establishment;

    47    (i)  "under-ring"  means  to  cause  the  cash  register or other sale
    48  recording device to reflect less than  the  full  retail  value  of  the
    49  merchandise;
    50    (j)  "anti-shoplifting  or  inventory  control  device countermeasure"
    51  means any item or device which is designed, manufactured,  modified,  or
    52  altered to defeat any anti-shoplifting or inventory control device; and

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     1    (k)  "organized  retail theft enterprise" means any association of two
     2  or more persons who engage in the conduct of or are associated  for  the
     3  purpose of effectuating the transfer or sale of shoplifted merchandise.
     4    2.  Shoplifting.  Shoplifting  shall consist of any one or more of the

     5  following acts:
     6    (a) for any person purposely to take possession of, carry away, trans-
     7  fer or  cause  to  be  carried  away  or  transferred,  any  merchandise
     8  displayed, held, stored or offered for sale by any store or other retail
     9  mercantile establishment with the intention of depriving the merchant of
    10  the  possession,  use  or  benefit of such merchandise or converting the
    11  same to the use of such person without paying to the merchant  the  full
    12  retail value thereof;
    13    (b)  for  any  person  purposely  to conceal upon his or her person or
    14  otherwise any merchandise offered for sale by any store or other  retail
    15  mercantile establishment with the intention of depriving the merchant of

    16  the processes, use or benefit of such merchandise or converting the same
    17  to the use of such person without paying to the merchant the value ther-
    18  eof;
    19    (c)  for  any person purposely to alter, transfer or remove any label,
    20  price tag or marking indicia of value or any other markings which aid in
    21  determining value affixed to any merchandise displayed, held, stored  or
    22  offered  for  sale by any store or other retail mercantile establishment
    23  and to attempt to purchase such merchandise  personally  or  in  consort
    24  with  another  at  less than the full retail value with the intention of
    25  depriving the merchant of all or some part of the value thereof;
    26    (d) for any person purposely to transfer  any  merchandise  displayed,

    27  held, stored or offered for sale by any store or other retail mercantile
    28  establishment  from  the  container  in  or  on  which the same shall be
    29  displayed to any other container with intent to deprive the merchant  of
    30  all or some part of the retail value thereof;
    31    (e)  for  any  person  purposely  to  under-ring with the intention of
    32  depriving the merchant of the full retail value thereof; and
    33    (f) for any person purposely to remove a shopping cart from the  prem-
    34  ises  of  a  store  or other retail mercantile establishment without the
    35  consent of the merchant given at the  time  of  such  removal  with  the
    36  intention  of  permanently depriving the merchant of the possession, use
    37  or benefit of such cart.

    38    3. Gradation. (a) Shoplifting constitutes grand larceny in the  second
    39  degree if:
    40    (i) the full retail value of the merchandise is fifty thousand dollars
    41  or more; or
    42    (ii) the offense is committed in furtherance of or in conjunction with
    43  an  organized  retail  theft enterprise and the full retail value of the
    44  merchandise is one thousand dollars or more.
    45    (b) Shoplifting constitutes grand larceny in the third degree if:
    46    (i) the full retail value of the merchandise is at least  three  thou-
    47  sand dollars but is less than fifty thousand dollars; or
    48    (ii) the offense is committed in furtherance of or in conjunction with
    49  an  organized  retail  theft enterprise and the full retail value of the

    50  merchandise is less than one thousand dollars.
    51    (c) Shoplifting constitutes grand larceny in the fourth degree if  the
    52  full  retail value of the merchandise is at least a thousand dollars but
    53  is less than three thousand dollars.
    54    (d) Shoplifting constitutes petit larceny if the full retail value  of
    55  the merchandise is less than one thousand dollars.

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     1    (e)  The  value  of  the  merchandise  involved in a violation of this
     2  section may be aggregated in determining the grade of the offense  where
     3  the  acts or conduct constituting a violation were committed pursuant to
     4  one scheme or course of conduct, whether from the same person or several

     5  persons,  or  were committed in furtherance of or in conjunction with an
     6  organized retail theft enterprise.
     7    (f) Any person who possesses or uses any anti-shoplifting or inventory
     8  control device countermeasure within any store or other  retail  mercan-
     9  tile establishment is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
    10    4.  Presumptions. Any person purposely concealing unpurchased merchan-
    11  dise of any store or other retail mercantile  establishment,  either  on
    12  the  premises  or  outside  the  premises  of such store or other retail
    13  mercantile establishment, shall be  prima  facie  presumed  to  have  so
    14  concealed  such merchandise with the intention of depriving the merchant
    15  of the possession, use or benefit of such merchandise without paying the

    16  full retail value thereof, and the finding of such merchandise concealed
    17  upon the person or among the belongings of such person  shall  be  prima
    18  facie  evidence  of purposeful concealment; and if such person conceals,
    19  or causes to be concealed, such merchandise upon the person or among the
    20  belongings of another, the finding of the same shall also be prima facie
    21  evidence of willful concealment on the part of the person so  concealing
    22  such merchandise.
    23    5.  Apprehension. (a) A law enforcement officer, or a special officer,
    24  or a merchant, who has probable cause for believing that  a  person  has
    25  willfully  concealed  unpurchased  merchandise  and  that  he or she can
    26  recover the merchandise by taking the person into custody, may, for  the

    27  purpose  of  attempting to effect recovery thereof, take the person into
    28  custody and detain him or her in a reasonable manner for not more than a
    29  reasonable time, and the taking into custody by a law enforcement  offi-
    30  cer  or  special officer or merchant shall not render such person crimi-
    31  nally or civilly liable in any manner or to any extent whatsoever.
    32    (b) Any law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant any  person
    33  he  or she has probable cause for believing has committed the offense of
    34  shoplifting as defined in this section.
    35    (c) A merchant who causes the arrest of a person for  shoplifting,  as
    36  provided  for in this section, shall not be criminally or civilly liable

    37  in any manner or to any extent whatsoever where the merchant has  proba-
    38  ble  cause  for believing that the person arrested committed the offense
    39  of shoplifting.
    40  § 155.55 Leader of an organized retail theft enterprise.
    41    1. A person is a leader of an organized retail theft enterprise if  he
    42  or  she  conspires with others as an organizer, supervisor, financier or
    43  manager, to engage for profit in a scheme or course of conduct to effec-
    44  tuate the transfer or sale of shoplifted merchandise. Leader  of  organ-
    45  ized  retail  theft enterprise constitutes larceny in the second degree.
    46  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 80.00  of  this  chapter,  the
    47  court may impose a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars

    48  or  five times the retail value of the merchandise seized at the time of
    49  the arrest, whichever is greater.
    50    2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 70.35 of this chapter,  a
    51  conviction  of  leader of an organized retail theft enterprise shall not
    52  merge with the conviction for any offense which is  the  object  of  the
    53  conspiracy.  Nothing  contained in this section shall prohibit the court
    54  from imposing an extended term pursuant to article seventy of this chap-
    55  ter; nor shall this section be construed in any way to preclude or limit
    56  the prosecution or conviction of any person for conspiracy under article

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     1  one hundred five of this chapter, or any prosecution or  conviction  for

     2  any other offense.
     3    3. It shall not be necessary in any prosecution under this section for
     4  the  state  to prove that any intended profit was actually realized. The
     5  trier of fact may infer that a particular scheme or  course  of  conduct
     6  was  undertaken  for  profit  from  all  of the attending circumstances,
     7  including but not limited to the  number  of  persons  involved  in  the
     8  scheme  or  course  of  conduct,  the  actor's  net worth and his or her
     9  expenditures in relation to his or her legitimate sources of income, the
    10  amount of merchandise involved,  or  the  amount  of  cash  or  currency
    11  involved.
    12    4.  It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that

    13  any shoplifted merchandise was brought into or transported in this state
    14  solely for ultimate distribution in another jurisdiction; nor  shall  it
    15  be  a  defense that any profit was intended to be made in another juris-
    16  diction.
    17    § 3. Section 155.40 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 515 of the
    18  laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
    19  § 155.40 Grand larceny in the second degree.
    20    A person is guilty of grand larceny in the second degree  when  he  or
    21  she steals property and when:
    22    1.  [The]  the  value  of the property exceeds fifty thousand dollars;
    23  [or]
    24    2. [The] the property, regardless of its nature and value, is obtained
    25  by extortion committed by instilling in the victim a fear that the actor

    26  or another person will (a) cause physical injury to some person  in  the
    27  future,  or (b) cause damage to property, or (c) use or abuse his or her
    28  position as a public servant by engaging in conduct within or related to
    29  his or her official duties, or by failing  or  refusing  to  perform  an
    30  official duty, in such manner as to affect some person adversely; or
    31    3.  the  person is a leader of an organized retail theft enterprise as
    32  provided in section 155.55 of this article.
    33    Grand larceny in the second degree is a class C felony.
    34    § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    35  have become a law.
 
    36                                   PART B
 
    37    Section  1.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 70.16 to
    38  read as follows:

    39  § 70.16 Sentences of imprisonment or fines for  a  pattern  of  criminal
    40             offense.
    41    1.  Definition  of pattern of criminal offense. A "pattern of criminal
    42  offense" means two or more criminal offenses are committed and:
    43    (a) are part of the same plan, scheme or adventure;
    44    (b) are a sequence of two  or  more  of  the  same  criminal  offenses
    45  committed  and are not separated by an interval of more than thirty days
    46  between the first and second offense, the second and third, and  so  on;
    47  or
    48    (c)  each  proceeds from or possesses an antecedent element of a prior
    49  incident or pattern of fraud, robbery, burglary, theft, identity  theft,
    50  receipt  of stolen property, false personating, false pretenses, obtain-

    51  ing property by trick or deception, using a credit card  or  debit  card
    52  without  consent,  or  the making, transferring or receipt of a false or
    53  fraudulent identification card.

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     1    2. Authorized sentence. When the court has found  that  a  person  has
     2  engaged  in  a  pattern  of criminal offenses in two or more counties in
     3  this state or who attempted or conspired with  others  to  engage  in  a
     4  pattern of criminal offenses, the court may impose:
     5    (a)  a sentence of imprisonment in the department of corrections for a
     6  term not exceeding two years;
     7    (b) a sentence of imprisonment in the  county  jail  for  a  term  not
     8  exceeding one year;

     9    (c) a fine in an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars; or
    10    (d)  both,  a  fine  in  an  amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand
    11  dollars and imprisonment.
    12    Such punishment shall be in addition to any penalty  imposed  for  any
    13  offense involved in the pattern of criminal offenses.
    14    3. Jurisdiction and venue. (a) A person may be prosecuted for criminal
    15  actions  with  respect to each of the alleged criminal offenses included
    16  within a pattern of criminal offenses as defined in subdivision  one  of
    17  this  section, in any county where at least one alleged criminal offense
    18  has occurred and such offense is part of the alleged pattern of criminal
    19  activity.  One district court may possess jurisdiction over all criminal

    20  offenses, persons and property that are part of, or are directly related
    21  to, each or all of the alleged criminal  offenses  forming  the  alleged
    22  pattern of criminal offenses.
    23    (b)  Subdivision  two  of this section shall be enforced in any county
    24  where at least one  alleged  criminal  offense  has  occurred  and  such
    25  offense is part of the alleged pattern of criminal activity.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    27  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
    28                                   PART C
 
    29    Section  1.  Section  155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding two
    30  new subdivisions 1-a and 1-b to read as follows:
    31    1-a. The property is stolen from a retail mercantile establishment  as

    32  defined in section two hundred seventeen of the general business law and
    33  the  aggregated value of price tags, sticker prices, or otherwise adver-
    34  tised retail prices of such property exceeds one thousand dollars; or
    35    1-b. The property is stolen by one person, or by two or  more  persons
    36  working  in  association,  from  one  or more than one retail mercantile
    37  establishment as defined in section two hundred seventeen of the general
    38  business law within a period of thirty days or less  between  the  first
    39  and  second  episode,  the  second and third episode, and so on, and the
    40  aggregated value of price tags, sticker prices, or otherwise  advertised
    41  retail prices of such property exceeds one thousand dollars; or

    42    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    43  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
    44                                   PART D
 
    45    Section  1. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    46  subdivision 14 to read as follows:
    47    14. The property is stolen from a retail mercantile establishment and,
    48  to facilitate the theft, the person leaves the retail mercantile  estab-
    49  lishment  with  such property by use of a designated emergency exit. For
    50  the purposes of this subdivision, the term "retail mercantile establish-
    51  ment" shall mean a place where goods, wares or merchandise  are  offered
    52  to the public for sale.

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     1    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     2  have become a law.
 
     3                                   PART E
 
     4    Section  1. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     5  subdivision 15 to read as follows:
     6    15. The property is taken by a person who is in possession of an anti-
     7  security item. For the purposes of this  subdivision  an  "anti-security
     8  item"  is  defined  as  an  item  designed for the purpose of overcoming
     9  detection of security markings or attachments placed on property offered
    10  for sale at such an establishment.
    11    § 2. Section 170.47 of the penal law, as added by chapter 580  of  the
    12  laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    13  § 170.47 Criminal possession of an anti-security item.

    14    A  person  is  guilty of criminal possession of an anti-security item,
    15  when with intent to steal property at a retail mercantile  establishment
    16  as  defined  in  article twelve-B of the general business law, he or she
    17  knowingly possesses in such an establishment an item  designed  for  the
    18  purpose  of  overcoming  detection  of  security markings or attachments
    19  placed on property offered for sale at such an establishment.
    20    Criminal possession of an anti-security item is a class [B]  A  misde-
    21  meanor.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    23  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
    24                                   PART F
 
    25    Section  1.  The  penal  law  is  amended  by adding four new sections
    26  165.80, 165.81, 165.82 and 165.83 to read as follows:

    27  § 165.80 Definitions; application to  offenses  regarding  retail  sales
    28             receipts and universal product code labels.
    29    As  used  in  sections  165.81, 165.82 and 165.83, the following terms
    30  have the following meanings:
    31    1. The term "retail sales receipt" means any handwritten or machine or
    32  computer produced document as properly issued by a retailer to  acknowl-
    33  edge payment received by a customer.
    34    2.  The  term "uniform product code label" means any bar code or other
    35  coding system designed to be read by  computer  which  contains  pricing
    36  information and other related information used by a retailer and read by
    37  a  computer at point of purchase for purposes of establishing sale price
    38  of a good.

    39  § 165.81 Retail sales receipt or universal product  code  fraud  in  the
    40             second degree.
    41    A  person  is guilty of retail sales receipt or universal product code
    42  fraud in the second degree when, with intent to  deceive  or  defraud  a
    43  person or persons engaged in the retail sale of goods or services, he or
    44  she  uses, transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits or reproduces a retail
    45  sales receipt or universal product code knowing such to be counterfeit.
    46    Retail sales receipt or universal product code  fraud  in  the  second
    47  degree is a class A misdemeanor.
    48  §  165.82  Retail  sales  receipt or universal product code fraud in the
    49             first degree.

    50    A person is guilty of retail sales receipt or universal  product  code
    51  fraud  in  the  first  degree  when, with intent to deceive or defraud a
    52  person or persons engaged in the retail sale of goods or services, he or

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     1  she uses, transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits or  reproduces  fifteen
     2  or  more retail sales receipts or universal product codes or combination
     3  thereof knowing such to be counterfeit.
     4    Retail  sales  receipt  or  universal  product code fraud in the first
     5  degree is a class E felony.
     6  § 165.83 Possession of a fraudulent retail sales  receipt  or  universal
     7             product code manufacturing device.

     8    A  person is guilty of possession of a fraudulent retail sales receipt
     9  or universal product code manufacturing  device  when,  with  intent  to
    10  deceive  or  defraud  a  person or persons engaged in the retail sale of
    11  goods or services, he or she possesses a device that manufactures  frau-
    12  dulent retail sales receipts or universal product code labels.
    13    Possession  of  a fraudulent retail sales receipt or universal product
    14  code manufacturing device is a class E felony.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
    17                                   PART G
 
    18    Section 1. Section 38 of the general business law, as added by chapter
    19  282 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:

    20    §  38. Prohibited sales. No itinerant vendor, except for a manufactur-
    21  er, an authorized manufacturer's representative, or authorized distribu-
    22  tor, shall offer for sale any of the following items:
    23    1. [Food manufactured and packaged for sale for consumption by a child
    24  under the age of two years; or
    25    2. Drugs as defined in section three thousand three hundred two of the
    26  public health law] Baby food, which shall include any food  manufactured
    27  and  packaged specifically for consumption by a child under two years of
    28  age.  The term shall include infant formula;
    29    2. Nonprescription drugs, which shall include any  non-narcotic  medi-
    30  cine  or  drug  that  may be sold without a prescription. The term shall

    31  include any drugs commonly known  as  "over-the-counter  drugs,"  herbal
    32  products,  dietary  supplements,  botanical  extracts,  and vitamins and
    33  substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopo-
    34  eia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States,  or  offi-
    35  cial National Formulary, or any supplement to such publications;
    36    3.  Cosmetics,  which  shall  mean  merchandise,  other than soap, but
    37  including razor blades, that is intended to be  rubbed,  poured,  sprin-
    38  kled,  or  sprayed  onto,  introduced  into, or otherwise applied to the
    39  human body or any part thereof  for  cleansing,  beautifying,  promoting
    40  attractiveness, or altering the appearance of the human body or any part
    41  thereof; or

    42    4.  Batteries,  which  shall mean   a device consisting of one or more
    43  cells, each cell consisting of a positive electrode,  a  negative  elec-
    44  trode  and  an  electrolyte,  which is used to provide stored electrical
    45  power.
    46    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
    47                                   PART H
 
    48    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 155.30 of the  penal  law,
    49  as  amended  by  chapter  515 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
    50  follows:
    51    A person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree  when  he  or
    52  she steals property or fraudulently obtains property and when:

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     1    §  2.  Section  155.30  of  the penal law is amended by adding two new

     2  subdivisions 12 and 13 to read as follows:
     3    12. The value of the property or aggregated value exceeds one thousand
     4  dollars  and  the  person  had  the intent to resell such property on an
     5  online marketplace.
     6    For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision thirteen of  this
     7  section, "online marketplace" shall mean an internet site used to facil-
     8  itate  the  sale of goods and services, including any internet site used
     9  for auctions that are operated by  any  buyer,  seller,  or  third-party
    10  intermediary.
    11    13. The person sells, attempts to sell, or possesses stolen or fraudu-
    12  lently  obtained   property with an intent to resell such property on an
    13  online marketplace, and such person knew or should have known that  such

    14  property was stolen.
    15    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    16  have become a law.
    17    § 3. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
    18  sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
    19  competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
    20  impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
    21  its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
    22  or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
    23  ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
    24  the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
    25  invalid provisions had not been included herein.
    26    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that

    27  the applicable effective dates of Parts A through H of this act shall be
    28  as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.
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