Provides that the degree of a larceny offense shall be determined based on the aggregate value of all property stolen during multiple larcenies constituting a common scheme.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6727--B
IN SENATE
February 10, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the commission of larceny
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 155.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
4 in the case of multiple violations of the provisions of this article
5 constituting a common scheme, such violations may be deemed to be a
6 single offense defined in this article based on the aggregate value of
7 all property taken, obtained or withheld for all such multiple
8 violations constituting a common scheme.
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.
LBD14039-05-6
