Bill Text: NY S00618 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-22 - referred to codes [S00618 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00618-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          618
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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 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.
                                                                  LBD00764-01-1