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A00499 Summary:

BILL NO	A00499
SAME AS	SAME AS S04648
SPONSOR	John
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S265.18, Pen L
Creates the crime of criminal possession of a weapon while in unlawful possession of a controlled substance or marihuana.

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A00499 Actions:

BILL NO	A00499
01/07/2009	referred to codes
01/06/2010	referred to codes

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A00499 Floor Votes:

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A00499 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           499
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal possession  of  a
          weapon while in unlawful possession of a controlled substance or mari-
          huana
 

          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 265.18  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 265.18 Criminal possession of a weapon while in unlawful possession of
     4             a controlled substance or marihuana.
     5    A  person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon while in unlaw-
     6  ful possession of a controlled substance or marihuana  when  he  or  she
     7  physically  possesses  a  weapon  in violation of section 265.01 of this
     8  article while, at the same  time,  he  or  she  physically  possesses  a
     9  controlled  substance  in  violation  of  section 220.03 or marihuana in
    10  violation of section 221.15 of this chapter.

    11    Criminal possession of a weapon while  in  unlawful  possession  of  a
    12  controlled substance or marihuana is a class E felony.
    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.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02487-01-9

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