Bill Text: NY A04088 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes an affirmative defense against patronizing a prostitute.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A04088 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04088-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4088
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, GIBSON, GALEF, ARROYO -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to defenses against patroniz-
         ing a prostitute
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 230.07 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 74
    2  of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 230.07 Patronizing a prostitute; defense.
    4    In any prosecution for patronizing a prostitute in the first or second
    5  degrees, it is [a] AN AFFIRMATIVE defense that  the  defendant  did  not
    6  have reasonable grounds to believe that the person was less than the age
    7  specified.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06598-01-3