Relates to falsely reporting an incident in the first degree; adds a new category for reports or warnings of an alleged or impending occurrence involving a bombing, hostage situation or person armed with a deadly weapon.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9798
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to falsely reporting an inci-
dent in the first degree
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 240.60 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the third
4 degree as defined in subdivisions one, two and three of section 240.50
5 of this article or falsely reporting an incident in the second degree as
6 defined in subdivisions one and two of section 240.55 of this article
7 and such crime involves a report or warning of an alleged occurrence or
8 impending occurrence of a bombing, hostage situation or person armed
9 with a deadly weapon as defined by subdivision twelve of section 10.00
10 of this chapter.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
12 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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