S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7811
I N S E N A T E
June 20, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. STOROBIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
kidnapping of a child, a class A felony
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 135.27 to
read as follows:
S 135.27 KIDNAPPING OF A CHILD.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING OF A CHILD WHEN HE OR SHE ABDUCTS AND
RESTRAINS A PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE WITH INTENT TO INFLICT
PHYSICAL INJURY UPON HIM OR HER OR VIOLATE OR ABUSE HIM OR HER SEXUALLY.
KIDNAPPING OF A CHILD IS A CLASS A FELONY.
S 2. 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
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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