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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A7903
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ABBATE
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-A7903 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A7903 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7903 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 28, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to endangering the welfare of a child THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 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 chap- ter 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 old or directs or authorizes such child to engage in an occupation involving a substantial risk of danger to his OR HER life or health; or 2. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he OR SHE fails or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child to prevent him OR HER from becoming an "abused child," a "neglected child," a "juvenile delinquent" or a "person in need of supervision," as those terms are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the family court act. ANY DEFENDANT CONVICTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION BASED ON CONDUCT OF A SEXUAL NATURE OR BEHAVIOR OF A SEXUAL NATURE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REGIS- TER AS A SEX OFFENDER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW. Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 168-a of the correction law is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: (F) A CONVICTION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 260.10 OF THE PENAL LAW WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS REQUIRED BY THE COURT TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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