S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6813
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 19, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GRAF, SKARTADOS, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT,
BORELLI, DUPREY, RAIA, BARCLAY, CROUCH, McLAUGHLIN, FINCH, STEVENSON,
STEC, COLTON, GABRYSZAK, GARBARINO, HAWLEY, WALTER -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. CERETTO, GIGLIO, OAKS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
allurement of a minor through electronic means
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 263.17 to
read as follows:
S 263.17 ALLUREMENT OF A MINOR THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWINGLY ENGAGES IN SEXUAL COMMUNICATION, WHETHER
IN THE FORM OF TEXT OR PICTURES, WITH A MINOR THROUGH ANY ELECTRONIC
MEANS SHALL BE GUILTY OF THE CRIME OF ALLUREMENT OF A MINOR THROUGH
ELECTRONIC MEANS.
ALLUREMENT OF A MINOR THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS IS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
NOR.
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.
LBD09928-02-3