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A06541 Summary:

BILL NO	A06541
SAME AS	SAME AS S02627
SPONSOR	Cusick
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §240.49, Pen L
Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

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A06541 Actions:

BILL NO	A06541
03/09/2017	referred to codes
01/03/2018	referred to codes

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A06541 Committee Votes:

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A06541 Floor Votes:

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A06541 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6541
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 9, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to the crime of falsely
          accusing someone of a crime
 
          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 240.49 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 240.49 Falsely accusing someone of a crime.
     4    A person is guilty of falsely accusing someone of a crime when  he  or
     5  she  signs  and  submits  an  accusatory instrument with a member of law
     6  enforcement and does so knowing the content of the accusatory instrument
     7  is false.
     8    Falsely accusing someone of a crime is a class E felony.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    10  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.
                                                                   LBD02421-01-7

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