S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7571--A I N S E N A T E January 26, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- 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 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Benny A. Lyde's law" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Benny A. Lyde's law". § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 70.02 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 765 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (a) For a class B felony, the term must be at least five years and must not exceed twenty-five years, provided, however, that the term must be: (i) at least ten years and must not exceed thirty years where the sentence is for the crime of aggravated assault upon a police officer or peace officer as defined in section 120.11 of this chapter; [and] (ii) at least ten years and must not exceed thirty years where the sentence is for the crime of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree as defined in section 125.22 of this chapter; AND (III) AT LEAST TEN YEARS AND MUST NOT EXCEED THIRTY YEARS WHERE THE SENTENCE IS FOR THE CRIME OF ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.10 OF THIS CHAP- TER, THE VICTIM OF SUCH CRIME WAS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER; § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14253-02-8