New York A 5165: Phases out the franchise tax on business corporations which are manufacturers over a two-year period

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A05165 Summary:

BILL NOA05165 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDeStefano (MS)

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COSPNSRBrabenec, Morinello, Reilly, Brown E, Brown K, Angelino, Lemondes

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MLTSPNSRHawley

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Amd §§60.06 & 70.00, Pen L; amd §400.27, CP L

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Provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole.

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BILL NOA05165 

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02/12/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5165

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC, MORINELLO, REILLY, E. BROWN,
 K. BROWN, ANGELINO, LEMONDES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to sentencing for the commission of certain provisions of
 murder in the first degree

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 60.06 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 482
 2 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 60.06 Authorized disposition; murder in the first degree offenders;
 4 aggravated murder offenders; certain murder in the second
 5 degree offenders; certain terrorism offenders; criminal
 6 possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon offen-
 7 ders; criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon
 8 offenders.
 9 When a defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree as defined
 10 in section 125.27 of this chapter, the court shall, in accordance with
 11 the provisions of section 400.27 of the criminal procedure law, sentence
 12 the defendant to death, to life imprisonment without parole in accord-
 13 ance with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title, or to a term
 14 of imprisonment for a class A-I felony other than a sentence of life
 15 imprisonment without parole, in accordance with subdivisions one through
 16 three of section 70.00 of this title. When a person is convicted of
 17 murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five of section
 18 125.25 of this chapter or of the crime of aggravated murder as defined
 19 in subdivision one of section 125.26 of this chapter, or of the crime of
 20 murder in the first degree as defined in subparagraph (i), (ii), (ii-a)
 21 or (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 125.27 of this
 22 chapter and the sentence of death is not imposed the court shall
 23 sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole in accordance

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08205-01-5

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 1 with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title. When a defendant
 2 is convicted of the crime of terrorism as defined in section 490.25 of
 3 this chapter, and the specified offense the defendant committed is a
 4 class A-I felony offense, or when a defendant is convicted of the crime
 5 of criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the
 6 first degree as defined in section 490.45 of this chapter, or when a
 7 defendant is convicted of the crime of criminal use of a chemical weapon
 8 or biological weapon in the first degree as defined in section 490.55 of
 9 this chapter, the court shall sentence the defendant to life imprison-
 10 ment without parole in accordance with subdivision five of section 70.00
 11 of this title; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
 12 preclude or prevent a sentence of death when the defendant is also
 13 convicted of murder in the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of
 14 this chapter. When a defendant is convicted of aggravated murder as
 15 defined in subdivision two of section 125.26 of this chapter, the court
 16 shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole or to a
 17 term of imprisonment for a class A-I felony other than a sentence of
 18 life imprisonment without parole, in accordance with subdivis