Assembly Bill A8739

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to juvenile delinquency proceedings for certain acts committed by a sixteen or seventeen year old; amends the definition of juvenile delinquent

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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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2021-A8739 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7789
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§117, 301.2 & 304.1, Fam Ct Act; amd §§409-a, 458-m & 458-o, Soc Serv L; amd §§502, 507-a & 840, Exec L (as proposed in S.4051-A & A.4982-A)

2021-A8739 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to juvenile delinquency proceedings for certain acts committed by a sixteen or seventeen year old; amends the definition of juvenile delinquent; makes technical changes relating to such provisions.

2021-A8739 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8739
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the family court act, the social services law, and the
   executive law, in relation to raising the lower age of juvenile delin-
   quency jurisdiction from age seven to  age  twelve  and  to  establish
   differential response programs for children under the age of twelve

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision (b) of section 117  of
 the  family  court  act, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is
 amended to read as follows:
   For every juvenile delinquency proceeding under article three  involv-
 ing  an  allegation of an act committed by a person which, if done by an
 adult, would be a crime (i) defined in sections 125.27  (murder  in  the
 first  degree); 125.25 (murder in the second degree); 135.25 (kidnapping
 in the first degree); or 150.20 (arson in the first degree) of the penal
 law committed by a person thirteen, fourteen [or], fifteen, SIXTEEN,  OR
 SEVENTEEN  years  of  age; or such conduct committed as a sexually moti-
 vated felony, where authorized pursuant to section 130.91 of  the  penal
 law;  (ii)  defined  in  sections  120.10 (assault in the first degree);
 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); 130.35  (rape  in  the  first
 degree);  130.50  (criminal  sexual  act  in  the  first degree); 130.70
 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); 135.20 (kidnapping in the
 second degree), but only where the abduction involved the use or  threat
 of use of deadly physical force; 150.15 (arson in the second degree); or
 160.15  (robbery  in  the  first degree) of the penal law committed by a
 person thirteen, fourteen [or], fifteen, SIXTEEN, OR SEVENTEEN years  of
 age;  or  such  conduct  committed as a sexually motivated felony, where
 authorized pursuant to section 130.91 of the penal law; (iii) defined in
 the penal law as an attempt to commit murder  in  the  first  or  second
 degree or kidnapping in the first degree committed by a person thirteen,
 fourteen  [or],  fifteen,  SIXTEEN,  OR  SEVENTEEN years of age; or such
 conduct committed as  a  sexually  motivated  felony,  where  authorized
 pursuant  to  section  130.91  of the penal law; (iv) defined in section
 140.30 (burglary in the first degree); subdivision one of section 140.25
 (burglary in the second  degree);  subdivision  two  of  section  160.10
 (robbery  in  the  second degree) of the penal law; or section 265.03 of
              

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