Establishes the crimes of false identification in the first degree and false identification in the second degree, a class E felony and class A misdemeanor respectively.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3321
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, PHEFFER, PERRY, ORTIZ, ROBINSON, GALEF,
GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CROUCH, FINCH,
GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, JEFFRIES, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, McENENY,
MOLINARO, SWEENEY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of
false identification in the first and second degree
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 190.87
2 and 190.88 to read as follows:
3 § 190.87 False identification in the second degree.
4 A person is guilty of false identification in the second degree when,
5 with intent to facilitate the false identification of another person,
6 and which false identification is in furtherance of violating, circum-
7 venting or otherwise evading any statutory prohibition or requirement,
8 he or she knowingly manufactures, distributes, or sells any document to
9 facilitate such false identification. Such false identification shall
10 include, but not be limited to, misrepresentations regarding the
11 person's actual name or date of birth.
12 False identification in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
13 § 190.88 False identification in the first degree.
14 A person is guilty of false identification in the first degree when,
15 with intent to facilitate the false identification of a minor, and which
16 false identification is in furtherance of violating, circumventing or
17 otherwise evading any statutory prohibition or requirement, he or she
18 knowingly manufactures, distributes, or sells any document to facilitate
19 such false identification. Such false identification shall include, but
20 not be limited to, misrepresentations regarding the minor's actual name
21 or date of birth.
22 False identification in the first degree is a class E felony.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
24 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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