Bill Text: NY S04448 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4448 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to establishing the crime of sexual abuse of authority, pertaining to sexual conduct between a teacher and a student.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04448 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04448-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4448
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 23, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 establishing the crime  of
         sexual abuse of authority
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.97  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 130.97 SEXUAL ABUSE OF AUTHORITY.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF AUTHORITY WHEN HE OR SHE ENGAGES
    5  IN  SEXUAL  CONDUCT  WITH ANOTHER WHO IS  NOT THE SPOUSE OF THE OFFENDER
    6  WHEN THE OFFENDER IS A TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, COACH, OR OTHER PERSON IN
    7  AUTHORITY EMPLOYED BY OR SERVING IN AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL OF
    8  THE STATE, OR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE, AND THE  OTHER  PERSON
    9  IS  ENROLLED  IN  OR ATTENDS SUCH SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND THE
   10  OFFENDER IS NOT ENROLLED IN AND DOES NOT ATTEND THAT SCHOOL.
   11    SEXUAL ABUSE OF AUTHORITY IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   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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