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                                  4987

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to loitering for the purpose
  of engaging in prostitution by persons under the age of sixteen

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  2 and 3 of section 240.37 of the penal law,
subdivision 2 as amended and subdivision 3 as added by  chapter  368  of
the  laws  of 2015, are amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read
as follows:
  2. [Any] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS  SECTION,  ANY
person  who  remains  or  wanders about in a public place and repeatedly
beckons to, or repeatedly stops, or  repeatedly  attempts  to  stop,  or
repeatedly  attempts to engage passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly
stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interferes  with
the  free  passage  of other persons, for the purpose of prostitution as
that term is defined in article two hundred thirty of this  part,  shall
be  guilty of a violation and is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if such
person has previously been convicted of a violation of this  section  or
of section 230.00 of this part.
  3.  Any  person  who  remains  or  wanders about in a public place and
repeatedly beckons to, or repeatedly stops, or  repeatedly  attempts  to
stop, PASSERS-BY, or repeatedly attempts to engage passers-by in conver-
sation,  or  repeatedly  stops  or  attempts  to stop motor vehicles, or
repeatedly interferes with the free passage of other  persons,  for  the
purpose  of  patronizing a person for prostitution as defined in section
230.02 of this part, shall be guilty of a violation and is guilty  of  a
class  B  misdemeanor  if such person has previously been convicted of a
violation of this section or of section 230.04, 230.05, 230.06 or 230.08
of this part.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  5. ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN WHO REMAINS OR WANDERS ABOUT IN
A PUBLIC PLACE AND  REPEATEDLY  BECKONS  TO,  OR  REPEATEDLY  STOPS,  OR
REPEATEDLY  ATTEMPTS  TO  STOP,  PASSERS-BY,  OR  REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTS TO
ENGAGE PASSERS-BY IN CONVERSATION, OR REPEATEDLY STOPS  OR  ATTEMPTS  TO
STOP  MOTOR  VEHICLES, OR REPEATEDLY INTERFERES WITH THE FREE PASSAGE OF
OTHER PERSONS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS PART, SHALL BE ADJUDGED A JUVENILE DELINQUENT.
  § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.