STATE OF NEW YORK
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4070
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the use of coercion for
the purpose of exposing a person's immigration status
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 135.60 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 426 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new subdi-
3 vision 10 is added to read as follows:
4 9. Perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
5 the actor but which is calculated to harm another person materially with
6 respect to his or her health, safety, business, calling, career, finan-
7 cial condition, reputation or personal relationships[.]; or
8 10. Expose immigration status, regardless of the actor's knowledge of
9 such status.
10 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 135.65 of the penal
11 law, as amended by chapter 426 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new
12 paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
13 (c) Violate his or her duty as a public servant[.]; or
14 (d) Expose his or her own immigration status.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
16 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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