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Assembly Bill A1725

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the period of limitation for the prosecution of sex offenses committed against children

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2017-A1725 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §30.10 sub 3 ¶¶ (e) & (f), amd §30.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A5250

2017-A1725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that prosecutions of certain violent sex offenses may be commenced within fifteen years after the child subject to such violation has reached the age of eighteen.

2017-A1725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1725
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MURRAY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A.
   BICHOTTE, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, RAIA -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the period of
   limitation for the prosecution of sex offenses committed against chil-
   dren; and to repeal paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 3 of section
   30.10  of such law relating to timeliness of the prosecution of course
   of sexual conduct offenses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of
 the  criminal  procedure  law  are REPEALED, paragraph (g) is relettered
 paragraph (f) and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (E) A PROSECUTION FOR A SEX OFFENSE DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW, OTHER THAN A SEXUAL OFFENSE DELINEATED IN PARA-
 GRAPH  (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 PERFORMANCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 263.05 OF THE  PENAL
 LAW,  MAY BE COMMENCED WITHIN FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER SUCH CHILD HAS REACHED
 THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
   § 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
 offenses committed on and after such date as well as to offenses commit-
 ted  prior  thereto,  provided that this act shall not apply to offenses
 committed prior to such date on which the prosecution thereof was barred
 under the provisions of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure  law  in
 effect immediately prior to such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05243-01-7

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