STATE OF NEW YORK
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956
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 5, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, MURPHY,
O'MARA, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
tary Affairs
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to soliciting or providing
support for an act of terrorism
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Sections 490.10 and 490.15 of the penal law, as added by
2 chapter 300 of the laws of 2001, are amended and a new section 490.12 is
3 added to read as follows:
4 § 490.10 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the
5 [second] third degree.
6 A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terror-
7 ism in the [second] third degree when, with intent that material support
8 or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry
9 out or aid in either an act of terrorism or the concealment of, or an
10 escape from, an act of terrorism, he or she raises, solicits, collects
11 or provides material support or resources.
12 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the
13 [second] third degree is a class D felony.
14 § 490.12 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the
15 second degree.
16 A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terror-
17 ism in the second degree when he or she commits the crime of soliciting
18 or providing support for an act of terrorism in the third degree, as
19 defined in section 490.10 of this article, and the total value of mate-
20 rial support or resources exceeds one thousand dollars, or the total
21 value of material support or resources is in any amount and such solic-
22 iting or providing involves the use of a credit card.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second
2 degree is a class C felony.
3 § 490.15 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the
4 first degree.
5 A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terror-
6 ism in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of soliciting
7 or providing support for an act of terrorism in the third or second
8 degree, as defined in sections 490.10 and 490.12 of this article,
9 respectively, and the total value of material support or resources
10 exceeds [one] five thousand dollars.
11 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first
12 degree is a class [C] B 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.
