Bill Text: NY A06820 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the crime of persistent sexual abuse; includes all sex crimes contained in penal law section 130.00 to the list of eligible crimes for persistent sexual abuse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-18 - held for consideration in codes [A06820 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A06820-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6820 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 12, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCOZZAFAVA, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BACALLES, BARCLAY, BARRA, BURLING, BUTLER, CALHOUN, CONTE, CROUCH, ERRIGO, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAYES, KOLB, OAKS, O'MARA, QUINN, RABBITT, RAIA, REILICH, SALADINO, SAYWARD, TEDISCO, THIELE, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to persistent sexual abuse THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 130.53 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 264 2 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3 S 130.53 Persistent sexual abuse. 4 A person is guilty of persistent sexual abuse when he or she [commits 5 the crime of forcible touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this 6 article, sexual abuse in the third degree, as defined in section 130.55 7 of this article, or sexual abuse in the second degree, as defined in 8 section 130.60 of this article, and, within the previous ten year peri- 9 od, has been convicted two or more times, in separate criminal trans- 10 actions for which sentence was imposed on separate occasions, of forci- 11 ble touching, as defined in section 130.52 of this article, sexual abuse 12 in the third degree as defined in section 130.55 of this article, sexual 13 abuse in the second degree, as defined in section 130.60 of this arti- 14 cle, or any offense defined in this article, of which the commission or 15 attempted commission thereof is a felony] STANDS CONVICTED OF ANY SEX 16 OFFENSE ENUMERATED IN THIS ARTICLE, AND WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TEN YEAR 17 PERIOD, HAS BEEN CONVICTED TWO OR MORE TIMES, IN SEPARATE CRIMINAL TRAN- 18 SACTIONS FOR WHICH SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS, OF ANY 19 SEX OFFENSE ENUMERATED IN THIS ARTICLE. 20 Persistent sexual abuse is a class E felony. 21 S 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. LBD08559-01-9