STATE OF NEW YORK
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779
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, LAVALLE, RANZENHOFER -- 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 establishing crimes relat-
ing to false receipts and universal product code labels
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 three new sections
2 165.80, 165.81 and 165.82 to read as follows:
3 § 165.80 Definitions; application to offenses regarding retail sales
4 receipts and universal product code labels.
5 As used in sections 165.81 and 165.82 of this article, the following
6 terms shall have the following meanings:
7 1. The term "retail sales receipt" shall mean any handwritten or
8 machine or computer produced document as properly issued by a retailer
9 to acknowledge payment received from a customer.
10 2. The term "uniform product code label" shall mean any bar code or
11 other coding system designed to be read by computer which contains pric-
12 ing information and other related information used by a retailer and
13 read by a computer at a point of purchase for purposes of establishing
14 the sale price of a good.
15 § 165.81 Retail sales receipt or universal product code fraud in the
16 second degree.
17 A person is guilty of retail sales receipt or universal product code
18 fraud in the second degree when, with intent to deceive or defraud a
19 person or persons engaged in the retail sale of goods or services, he or
20 she uses, transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits or reproduces a retail
21 sales receipt or universal product code knowing such to be counterfeit.
22 Retail sales receipt or universal product code fraud in the second
23 degree is a class A misdemeanor.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 165.82 Retail sales receipt or universal product code fraud in the
2 first degree.
3 A person is guilty of retail sales receipt or universal product code
4 fraud in the first degree when, with intent to deceive or defraud a
5 person or persons engaged in the retail sale of goods or services, he or
6 she uses, transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits or reproduces fifteen
7 or more retail sales receipts or universal product codes or combination
8 thereof knowing such to be counterfeit.
9 Retail sales receipt or universal product code fraud in the first
10 degree is a class E felony.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
