Senate Bill S4448

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the crime of sexual abuse of authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4448 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง130.97, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2118

2009-S4448 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-S4448 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4448 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4448

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 23, 2009
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.97  to
read as follows:
S 130.97 SEXUAL ABUSE OF AUTHORITY.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF AUTHORITY WHEN HE OR SHE ENGAGES
IN  SEXUAL  CONDUCT  WITH ANOTHER WHO IS  NOT THE SPOUSE OF THE OFFENDER
WHEN THE OFFENDER IS A TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, COACH, OR OTHER PERSON IN
AUTHORITY EMPLOYED BY OR SERVING IN AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL OF
THE STATE, OR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE, AND THE  OTHER  PERSON
IS  ENROLLED  IN  OR ATTENDS SUCH SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND THE
OFFENDER IS NOT ENROLLED IN AND DOES NOT ATTEND THAT SCHOOL.
  SEXUAL ABUSE OF AUTHORITY IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD11356-01-9

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