Establishes the crime of private carrier package theft; designates private carrier package theft a class E felony punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10703
IN SENATE
September 23, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
private carrier package theft
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 a new section 165.75 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 165.75 Private carrier package theft.
4 A person is guilty of private carrier package theft when such person
5 intentionally steals, takes or unlawfully possesses any package
6 entrusted to a private carrier, from the custody of a commercial carri-
7 er, including from a commercial carrier vehicle, or from any designated
8 delivery location including, but not limited to, a package locker, pack-
9 age room, porch, doorstep, doorway, vestibule or lobby, including any
10 such package that is in transit, that has been placed at the intended
11 delivery location, or that has been left for scheduled pickup by a
12 commercial carrier, before such package has been lawfully received by
13 the intended recipient or an authorized recipient of such package.
14 Private carrier package theft is a class E felony punishable by a fine
15 of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
16 § 2. Section 80.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
17 vision 8 to read as follows:
18 8. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of subdivision one of
19 this section, the court may impose a fine for a violation of section
20 165.75 of this chapter in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty
21 thousand dollars.
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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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