Bill Text: NY S02244 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent, guardian or other person charged with the custody and care of the child.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-05-29 - referred to codes [S02244 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02244-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  including  within  the
         offense  of  promoting prostitution in the first degree, the prostitu-
         tion of a child by a parent, guardian or person charged with the  care
         and custody of the child
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 230.32 of the penal law, as added by chapter 627 of
    2  the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
    4    A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree  when
    5  [he]:
    6    1.  HE  OR  SHE  knowingly  advances or profits from prostitution of a
    7  [person] CHILD less than eleven years old[.]; OR
    8    2. BEING THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE
    9  CARE AND CUSTODY OF A CHILD LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS  OLD,  HE  OR  SHE
   10  KNOWINGLY ADVANCES OR PROFITS FROM PROSTITUTION OF SUCH CHILD.
   11    Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   13  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.
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