S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9743
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 20, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. COOK, CLARK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to first degree murder of a
child under the age of twelve
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 125.27 of the penal law, as added by chapter 300 of the laws of
2001, is amended and a new subparagraph (xiv) is added to read as
follows:
(xiii) the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as
defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 490.05 of this
chapter; [and] OR
(XIV) THE VICTIM WAS A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE; AND
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.
LBD03164-04-4