Provides that a person less than eighteen years old is not criminally responsible for the crime of criminal contempt in the second degree when the lawful process or other mandate of the court was issued in a proceeding pursuant to article seven of the family court act.

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A4433-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to codes
• Feb 3, 2011: referred to codes

A4433-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    4433

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 3, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PEOPLES-
    STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

  AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  the  crime  of  criminal
    contempt in the second degree and the defense of infancy

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 30.00 of the penal law, as amended
  by chapter 481 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:

    1. Except as provided in subdivision two of  this  section,  a  person
  less  than  sixteen years old is not criminally responsible for conduct,
  AND A PERSON LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD IS NOT CRIMINALLY  RESPONSIBLE
  FOR  THE  CRIME  OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 215.50 OF  THIS  CHAPTER  WHEN  THE  LAWFUL
  PROCESS  OR OTHER MANDATE OF THE COURT WAS ISSUED IN A PROCEEDING PURSU-
  ANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD08020-01-1