S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7102
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 23, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to
establishing the offense of sexually aggravated offense
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 SEXUALLY AGGRAVATED OFFENSE.
1. A PERSON COMMITS A SEXUALLY AGGRAVATED OFFENSE WHEN HE OR SHE
COMMITS A SPECIFIED OFFENSE FOR THE PURPOSE, IN WHOLE OR SUBSTANTIAL
PART, OF HIS OR HER OWN DIRECT SEXUAL GRATIFICATION.
2. A "SPECIFIED OFFENSE" IS AN OFFENSE DEFINED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
PROVISIONS OF THIS PART: OBSCENITY IN THE THIRD DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 235.05 OF THIS PART, HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AS DEFINED
IN SECTION 240.25 OF THIS PART, HARASSMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 240.30 OF THIS PART, DISSEMINATING A FALSE REGISTERED
SEX OFFENDER NOTE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 240.48 OF THIS PART, PUBLIC
LEWDNESS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.00 OF THIS PART, EXPOSURE, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 245.01 OF THIS PART, PROMOTING THE EXPOSURE OF A
PERSON, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.02 OF THIS PART, PUBLIC DISPLAY OF
OFFENSIVE SEXUAL MATERIAL, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 245.11 OF THIS PART,
ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.10 OF THIS
PART, UNLAWFULLY DEALING WITH A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 260.20 OF THIS PART, UNLAWFULLY DEALING WITH A CHILD IN THE
SECOND DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.21 OF THIS PART, ENDANGERING
THE WELFARE OF AN INCOMPETENT OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON IN THE
SECOND DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.24 OF THIS PART, MISREPRESEN-
TATION BY A CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.31 OF
THIS PART OR ANY ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ANY OF THE FOREGOING
OFFENSES.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 168-a of the correction
law, as amended by part 405 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) (i) a conviction of or a conviction for an attempt to commit any
of the provisions of sections 120.70, 130.20, 130.25, 130.30, 130.40,
130.45, 130.60, 230.34, 250.50, 255.25, 255.26 and 255.27 or article two
hundred sixty-three of the penal law, or section 135.05, 135.10, 135.20
or 135.25 of such law relating to kidnapping offenses, provided the
victim of such kidnapping or related offense is less than seventeen
years old and the offender is not the parent of the victim, or section
230.04, where the person patronized is in fact less than seventeen years
of age, 230.05 or 230.06, or subdivision two of section 230.30, or
section 230.32 or 230.33 of the penal law, or (ii) a conviction of or a
conviction for an attempt to commit any of the provisions of section
235.22 of the penal law, or (iii) a conviction of or a conviction for an
attempt to commit any provisions of the foregoing sections committed or
attempted as a hate crime defined in section 485.05 of the penal law or
as a crime of terrorism defined in section 490.25 of such law or as a
sexually motivated felony defined in section 130.91 of such law, OR AS A
SEXUALLY AGGRAVATED OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 130.97 OF SUCH LAW; or
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.