Bill Text: NY A02057 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the offense of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child, a class E felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-13 - referred to codes [A02057 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02057-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2057
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing  the  offense
         of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.12  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 260.12 AGGRAVATED ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD.
    4    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD
    5  WHEN HE OR SHE IS A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR  OTHER  PERSON  LEGALLY  CHARGED
    6  WITH  THE  CARE OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO KNOWINGLY
    7  ACTS IN A MANNER LIKELY TO BE INJURIOUS TO THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR MORAL
    8  WELFARE OF SUCH CHILD AND:
    9    1. SUCH PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY OFFENSE SET  FORTH
   10  IN THIS CHAPTER IN WHICH THE VICTIM WAS A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS
   11  OLD; OR
   12    2.  THE  CONDUCT  OF  SUCH  PERSON  INCLUDES ACTS THAT CAUSE THE CHILD
   13  EXTREME PAIN OR WHICH ARE CARRIED OUT IN AN ESPECIALLY VICIOUS OR SADIS-
   14  TIC MANNER.
   15    AGGRAVATED ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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