Bill Text: NY S00371 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elevates the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00371 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00371-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- 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 designating as a  class  E
         felony,  the  offense  of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or
         physically disabled person
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 260.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 381
    2  of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 260.25  Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically  disa-
    4               bled person.
    5    A  person  is  guilty  of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or
    6  physically disabled person when he OR SHE knowingly  acts  in  a  manner
    7  likely  to  be  injurious  to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a
    8  person who is unable to care for himself or herself because of  physical
    9  disability, mental disease or defect.
   10    Endangering  the  welfare  of  an  incompetent  or physically disabled
   11  person is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   13  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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