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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A3778
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LENTOL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A3778 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§260.00, 260.10 & 260.15, rpld §260.03, Pen L
2009-A3778 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that certain conduct shall not constitute abandonment of a child or endangering the welfare of a child: that is, if a person engages in specified conduct (currently constituting abandonment of a child), but does so with the intent that the child be safe from physical injury and cared for in an appropriate manner, and the child is left with an appropriate person or in a suitable location and the person leaving the child promptly notifies an appropriate person of the child's location, and the child is not more than 30 days old.
2009-A3778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3778 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to providing that certain conduct shall not constitute abandonment of a child or endangering the welfare of a child; and to repeal section 260.03 of such law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 260.00 of the penal law is amended to read as follows: S 260.00 Abandonment of a child. 1. A person is guilty of abandonment of a child when, being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than fourteen years old, he OR SHE deserts such child in any place with intent to wholly abandon it. 2. PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT A PERSON IS NOT GUILTY OF ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD WHEN HE OR SHE ENGAGES IN THE CONDUCT DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION: (A) WITH THE INTENT THAT THE CHILD BE SAFE FROM PHYS- ICAL INJURY AND CARED FOR IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER; (B) THE CHILD IS LEFT WITH AN APPROPRIATE PERSON, OR IN A SUITABLE LOCATION AND THE PERSON WHO LEAVES THE CHILD PROMPTLY NOTIFIES AN APPROPRIATE PERSON OF THE CHILD'S LOCATION; AND (C) THE CHILD IS NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OLD. Abandonment of a child is a class E felony. S 2. Section 260.10 of the penal law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 1990 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: S 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when: 1. He OR SHE knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05889-01-9
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