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S04291 Summary:

BILL NO	S04291
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	LANZA
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §240.49, Pen L
Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

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S04291 Actions:

BILL NO	S04291
02/07/2023	REFERRED TO CODES
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO CODES

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S04291 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4291
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 7, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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.
                                                                   LBD08568-01-3

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