Assembly Bill A8567

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Eliminates statute of limitations in criminal actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8567 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6436
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §30.10, CP L

2015-A8567 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates statute of limitations in criminal actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age.

2015-A8567 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8567

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            November 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the timeli-
  ness of prosecutions for certain sex offenses

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (f)  of  subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the
criminal procedure law, as separately amended by chapters 3 and  320  of
the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  (f)  [For  purposes  of a] A prosecution involving a sexual offense as
defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal  law,  other  than  a
sexual  offense  delineated  in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this
section, committed against a child less  than  eighteen  years  of  age,
incest  in  the  first,  second  or  third degree as defined in sections
255.27, 255.26 and 255.25 of the penal law  committed  against  a  child
less  than eighteen years of age, or use of a child in a sexual perform-
ance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law[, the period of limi-
tation shall not begin to run until the child has  reached  the  age  of
eighteen  or  the  offense  is  reported  to a law enforcement agency or
statewide central register of child abuse  and  maltreatment,  whichever
occurs earlier] MAY BE COMMENCED AT ANY TIME.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11998-02-5

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