Bill Text: NY A01725 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A01725 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01725-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1725
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
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        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:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of
     2  the  criminal  procedure  law  are REPEALED, paragraph (g) is relettered
     3  paragraph (f) and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
     4    (e) A prosecution for a sex offense defined  in  article  one  hundred
     5  thirty of the penal law, other than a sexual offense delineated in para-
     6  graph  (a) of subdivision two of this section, committed against a child
     7  less than eighteen years of age, incest in the first,  second  or  third
     8  degree as defined in sections 255.27, 255.26 and 255.25 of the penal law
     9  committed  against  a child less than eighteen years of age, or use of a
    10  child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the  penal
    11  law,  may be commenced within fifteen years after such child has reached
    12  the age of eighteen.
    13    § 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
    14  offenses committed on and after such date as well as to offenses commit-
    15  ted  prior  thereto,  provided that this act shall not apply to offenses
    16  committed prior to such date on which the prosecution thereof was barred
    17  under the provisions of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure  law  in
    18  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