Bill Text: NY S03203 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the crime of forcible touching.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4969B [S03203 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03203-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3203--A
           Cal. No. 1391
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
         discharged  and  said  bill  committed  to  the  Committee on Rules --
         reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  a  third  reading,
         passed  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
         sidered, restored to third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to the crime of forcible
         touching
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The opening paragraph of section 130.52 of the penal law,
    2  as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003,  is  amended  and  a  new
    3  subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
    4    A  person  is  guilty  of  forcible  touching  when such person inten-
    5  tionally, and for no legitimate purpose[,]:
    6    1. forcibly touches the sexual or  other  intimate  parts  of  another
    7  person  for  the  purpose of degrading or abusing such person[;], or for
    8  the purpose of gratifying the actor's sexual desire[.]; OR
    9    2. SUBJECTS ANOTHER PERSON TO SEXUAL CONTACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRATI-
   10  FYING THE ACTOR'S SEXUAL DESIRE AND WITH INTENT TO DEGRADE OR ABUSE SUCH
   11  OTHER PERSON WHILE SUCH OTHER PERSON IS A PASSENGER ON A BUS, TRAIN,  OR
   12  SUBWAY  CAR OPERATED BY ANY TRANSIT AGENCY, AUTHORITY OR COMPANY, PUBLIC
   13  OR PRIVATE, WHOSE OPERATION IS AUTHORIZED BY NEW YORK STATE  OR  ANY  OF
   14  ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   16  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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