Bill Text: NY A04166 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that a person less than eighteen years old is not criminally responsible for the crime of criminal contempt in the second degree when the lawful process or other mandate of the court was issued in a proceeding pursuant to article seven of the family court act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A04166 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A04166-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4166
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 29, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PEOPLES-
STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of criminal
contempt in the second degree and the defense of infancy
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 30.00 of the penal law, as amended
2 by chapter 481 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, a person
4 less than sixteen years old is not criminally responsible for conduct,
5 AND A PERSON LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD IS NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE
6 FOR THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
7 SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 215.50 OF THIS CHAPTER WHEN THE LAWFUL
8 PROCESS OR OTHER MANDATE OF THE COURT WAS ISSUED IN A PROCEEDING PURSU-
9 ANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06599-01-5
