Bill Text: NY A04944 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the timeliness of prosecutions for assaults committed against children; establishes the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the child has reached the age of eighteen or the offense is reported, whichever occurs earlier.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A04944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04944-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4944
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BLANKENBUSH, CERETTO, LAVINE, CROUCH, ROSA --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of A.  ABBATE,  HAWLEY  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the timeli-
         ness of prosecutions for assaults committed against children
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the
    2  criminal procedure law is relettered paragraph (h) and a  new  paragraph
    3  (g) is added to read as follows:
    4    (G)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  A  PROSECUTION INVOLVING AN ASSAULT DEFINED IN
    5  SECTION 120.01, 120.05 OR 120.12 OF THE PENAL LAW; AN ASSAULT DEFINED IN
    6  SECTION 120.10, 120.20 OR 120.25 OF THE PENAL LAW  COMMITTED  AGAINST  A
    7  CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE; OR THE OFFENSE OF ENDANGERING THE
    8  WELFARE  OF  A  CHILD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 260.10 OF THE PENAL LAW, THE
    9  PERIOD OF LIMITATION SHALL NOT BEGIN TO RUN UNTIL THE CHILD HAS  REACHED
   10  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN,  OR THE OFFENSE IS REPORTED TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT
   11  AGENCY OR THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD  ABUSE  AND  MALTREAT-
   12  MENT, WHICHEVER OCCURS EARLIER.
   13    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   14  have become a law and shall apply to offenses committed on or after such
   15  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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