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Assembly Bill A3613

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen years of age

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2011-A3613 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง301.2, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5496
2013-2014: A3372
2015-2016: A4412
2017-2018: A5480

2011-A3613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age, found in the Family Court Act, from sixteen to seventeen years of age.

2011-A3613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3613

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 26, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITUS, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, CLARK, PERRY, WRIGHT,
  AUBRY, ROBINSON, MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to changing the  juve-
  nile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 301.2 of the family court act,  as
added by chapter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  "Juvenile  delinquent"  means  a  person  over seven and less than
[sixteen] SEVENTEEN years of age, who,  having  committed  an  act  that
would constitute a crime if committed by an adult, (a) is not criminally
responsible for such conduct by reason of infancy, or (b) is the defend-
ant  in  an  action  ordered removed from a criminal court to the family
court pursuant to article seven  hundred  twenty-five  of  the  criminal
procedure law.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day 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.
                                                           LBD08021-01-1

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