Bill Text: NY S00306 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases promoting prostitution in the fourth degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony; includes within such offense the knowing issuance, provision, mailing, distribution or transmission of any written material or electronic communication which advertises the provision of sexual conduct in return for a fee.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-05 - PRINT NUMBER 306A [S00306 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00306-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          306
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the promotion of prostitu-
         tion
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 230.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. "PROMOTE PROSTITUTION." A PERSON "PROMOTES PROSTITUTION" WHEN HE OR
    4  SHE  KNOWINGLY, ISSUES, GIVES, MAILS, DISTRIBUTES OR TRANSMITS ANY WRIT-
    5  TEN MATERIAL OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WHICH ADVERTISES THE  PROVISION
    6  OF SEXUAL CONDUCT IN RETURN FOR A FEE.
    7    S 2. Section 230.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 627 of the
    8  laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
    9  S 230.20 Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree.
   10    A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree when
   11  he OR SHE knowingly advances, PROMOTES or profits from prostitution.
   12    Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor]
   13  E FELONY.
   14    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   15  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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