Source: https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/clf/clfjul2014.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 09:47:00+00:00

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Note: Laws added to the file since the last posting on April 23rd, 2014 begin with relative address/law ordinal 8401. Be aware, however, that changes/corrections have been made to existing laws. A summary is shown below, but may not be complete. We recommend that you overwrite the existing law file with the new one.
Chapter 37 of the Laws of 2014 – amended Penal Law §220.65 to prohibit, as a class C felony, the criminal sale of a controlled substance by a practitioner or a pharmacist. This amendment was effective on June 23, 2014.
Chapter 36 of the Laws of 2014 – a new crime was added to the Penal Law. Penal Law §178.26, fraud and deceit related to a controlled substance, prohibits the use of fraud and deceit to obtain a controlled substance or a prescription for a controlled substance. This new Law is a class A misdemeanor and was effective on June 23, 2014.
Chapter 90 of the Laws of 2014 – Authorizes the medical use of marihuana. This law added three new offenses to the Penal Law. Penal Law §179.10, criminal diversion of medical marihuana in the first degree, prohibits, as a class E felony, the unlawful certification of an individual as a patient in need of medical marihuana by a medical practitioner. Penal Law §179.11, criminal diversion of medical marihuana in the second degree, prohibits, as a class B misdemeanor, providing medical marihuana to a person who is not a certified patient. Penal Law §179.15, criminal retention of medical marihuana, prohibits, as a class A misdemeanor, the possession of more medical marihuana that authorized by a certified patient. These three crimes were effective on July 5, 2014.
Two Education Law offenses which were not included on the coded law file have been added. Education Law §3205 punishes the failure to attend full time day instruction when required. Education Law §3208(4-a) prohibits any requirement that a child obtain a prescription for a controlled substance as a condition of attending school. In both cases the offense is a violation except where a false statement is made in connection with the offense in which case it is an unclassified misdemeanor.
Chapter 188 of the Laws of 2014 – Amended Penal Law §240.30, aggravated harassment in the second degree, to remove the intent to annoy as an element of the offense following a decision of the New York State Court of Appeals which found that the former law was unconstitutionally overbroad.
Unconstitutional Laws: PL 240.30(1) was declared to be unconstitutional by the Court of Appeals in the case People v. Golb decided on May 13, 2014.
The following laws were updated with an unconstitutional date of May 13, 2014.
Ordinals 7922, 7923, 7924, 7925, 7926, 7927.
JO Indicator – Gang Assault Arrests: a total of 80 laws were updated to correct the JO Indicator for gang assault arrests.
The following ordinals were updated to set the Violent Felony Indicator to ‘V’ (Violent Felony Offense): 6047, 6048, 6049.

References: §220
 §178
 §179
 §179
 §179
 §3205
 §3208
 §240
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