STATE OF NEW YORK
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6354
IN SENATE
January 31, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the filing of
a false financing statement
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
2 section 440.70 to read as follows:
3 § 440.70 Notice to the secretary of state when false financing statement
4 filed.
5 Upon conviction of any person for a crime where the defendant inten-
6 tionally filed or caused to be filed a financing statement pursuant to
7 article nine of the uniform commercial code on form UCC1 that falsely
8 claims that a person is indebted or obligated to such defendant, the
9 court wherein such conviction is entered, or the clerk thereof, shall
10 issue and cause to be filed a certificate with the New York secretary of
11 state: (a) certifying that a judgment of conviction has been entered in
12 such court against the defendant who was listed as the secured party in
13 such form; and (b) specifying the date and location of the filing, any
14 filing or indexing number assigned to such filing, the debtor named in
15 such statement, and a description of the collateral encumbered by the
16 instrument.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08406-01-1
