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Assembly Bill A6182

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes that the promotion of prostitution of a child less than eighteen years old by a parent or guardian a Class B felony

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2009-A6182 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1247
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง230.32, Pen L

2009-A6182 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that the promotion of prostitution of a child less than eighteen years old by a parent or guardian of such child is a Class B felony.

2009-A6182 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6182

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SCARBOROUGH, EDDINGTON, GREENE, REILLY, JOHN,
  COLTON, ROBINSON --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  CHRISTENSEN,
  DelMONTE,  PHEFFER,  SCHIMEL,  TITONE,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making the prostitution of
  a child by a parent or guardian a class B felony

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 230.32 of the penal law, as added by chapter 627 of
the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
S 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
  A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when:
  1.  he  OR  SHE  knowingly  advances or profits from prostitution of a
person less than eleven years old[.]; OR
  2. BEING A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED  WITH  THE
CARE  AND  CUSTODY  OF  A  CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE
KNOWINGLY ADVANCES OR PROFITS FROM PROSTITUTION OF SUCH CHILD.
  Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect the first of November next  succeeding
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.
                                                           LBD04704-01-9

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