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Assembly Bill A8334

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to a minimum term of imprisonment for class E felony sex offenses

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2019-A8334 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§130.25, 130.40, 130-53, 130.65-a & 130.85, Pen L

2019-A8334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a minimum term of imprisonment for class E felony sex offenses.

2019-A8334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8334
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FRONTUS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to a minimum term  of  impri-
   sonment for class E felony sex offenses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 130.25 of the  penal  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  1  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Rape in the third degree is a class E felony; UPON CONVICTION OF  RAPE
 IN THE THIRD DEGREE THE PERSON CONVICTED SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM TERM OF
 IMPRISONMENT OF ONE YEAR.
   §  2.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 130.40 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 264 of the laws  of  2003,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Criminal  sexual  act  in  the  third degree is a class E felony; UPON
 CONVICTION OF CRIMINAL  SEXUAL  ACT  IN  THE  THIRD  DEGREE  THE  PERSON
 CONVICTED SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF ONE YEAR.
   §  3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 130.53 of the penal
 law, as amended by chapter 192 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   Persistent  sexual  abuse  is  a  class  E  felony; UPON CONVICTION OF
 PERSISTENT SEXUAL ABUSE THE PERSON CONVICTED  SHALL  RECEIVE  A  MINIMUM
 TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF ONE YEAR.
   §  4.  The  closing paragraph of section 130.65-a of the penal law, as
 added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree is a class E felony; UPON
 CONVICTION OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FOURTH DEGREE THE    PERSON
 CONVICTED SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF ONE YEAR.
   §  5.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 130.85 of the penal law, as
 added by chapter 618 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:

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

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