Bill Text: NY A01806 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1806 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to removing the statute of limitations for sexual offenses committed against minors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A01806 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01806-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1806
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to removing  the
          statute of limitations for sex offenses committed against minors
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3  of  section  30.10  of  the
     2  criminal  procedure  law, as separately amended by chapters 3 and 320 of
     3  the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (f) For purposes of  a  prosecution  involving  a  sexual  offense  as
     5  defined  in  article  one  hundred thirty of the penal law, other than a
     6  sexual offense delineated in paragraph (a) of subdivision  two  of  this
     7  section,  committed  against  a  child  less than eighteen years of age,
     8  incest in the first, second or  third  degree  as  defined  in  sections
     9  255.27,  255.26  and  255.25  of the penal law committed against a child
    10  less than eighteen years of age, or use of a child in a sexual  perform-
    11  ance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law, [the period of limi-
    12  tation  shall  not  begin  to run until the child has reached the age of
    13  eighteen or] or facilitating a sexual performance  by  a  child  with  a
    14  controlled  substance  or  alcohol  as  defined in section 263.30 of the
    15  penal law, the period of limitation shall not begin  to  run  until  the
    16  offense  is  reported  to  a law enforcement agency or statewide central
    17  register of child abuse and  maltreatment,  [whichever  occurs  earlier]
    18  provided,  however, if the offense was reported before the child reached
    19  eighteen years of age, the period of limitations shall not begin to  run
    20  until the child has reached the age of eighteen.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    22  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.
                                                                   LBD03621-01-7