Bill Text: NY A04682 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-11 - held for consideration in codes [A04682 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04682-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4682
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. CROUCH, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         BACALLES, FINCH, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
         on Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of endangering
         the welfare of a child
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 260.10 of the penal law, subdivision 1 as amended
    2  by chapter 476 of the laws of 1990 and subdivision 2 as amended by chap-
    3  ter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
    4  S 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child.
    5    A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when:
    6    1. He OR SHE knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to  the
    7  physical,  mental  or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years
    8  old or directs or authorizes such  child  to  engage  in  an  occupation
    9  involving a substantial risk of danger to his OR HER life or health; or
   10    2.  Being  a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
   11  care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he OR SHE fails
   12  or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child
   13  to prevent him OR HER from becoming  an  "abused  child,"  a  "neglected
   14  child," a "juvenile delinquent" or a "person in need of supervision," as
   15  those  terms  are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the family
   16  court act[.]; OR
   17    3. BEING A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED  WITH  THE
   18  CARE OR CUSTODY OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE KNOW-
   19  INGLY  ALLOWS  ANY  PERSON WHO IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER, PURSUANT TO
   20  ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, TO RESIDE WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD WITH
   21  SUCH CHILD.
   22    Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   24  become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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