Bill Text: NY S00270 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases promoting prostitution in the fourth degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony; includes within such offense the knowing issuance, provision, mailing, distribution or transmission of any written material or electronic communication which advertises the provision of sexual conduct in return for a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00270 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00270-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          270
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the promotion of prostitu-
         tion
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 230.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. "PROMOTE PROSTITUTION." A PERSON "PROMOTES PROSTITUTION" WHEN HE OR
    4  SHE  KNOWINGLY, ISSUES, GIVES, MAILS, DISTRIBUTES OR TRANSMITS ANY WRIT-
    5  TEN MATERIAL OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WHICH ADVERTISES THE  PROVISION
    6  OF SEXUAL CONDUCT IN RETURN FOR A FEE.
    7    S 2. Section 230.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 215 of the
    8  laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    9  S 230.20 Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree.
   10    A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree when
   11  he or she knowingly:
   12    1. Advances, PROMOTES or profits from prostitution; or
   13    2.  With  intent  to  advance,  PROMOTE  or  profit from prostitution,
   14  distributes or disseminates to ten or more  people  in  a  public  place
   15  obscene  material, as such terms are defined by subdivisions one and two
   16  of section 235.00 of this title, or material  that  depicts  nudity,  as
   17  such term is defined by subdivision one of section 245.10 of this part.
   18    Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor]
   19  E FELONY.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   21  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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