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                                   February 9, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes

       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  making  the  luring  or
         enticing of a child a crime

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

    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.08  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 260.08 CRIMINAL LURING OR ENTICING OF A CHILD.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL LURING OR ENTICING OF A CHILD WHEN:
    5    1.  HE  OR  SHE  FALSELY REQUESTS HELP OR PROMISES A REWARD TO A CHILD
    6  WITH THE INTENT TO BRING HARM TO THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR  MORAL  WELFARE
    7  OF THE CHILD; OR
    8    2.  HE  OR SHE KNOWINGLY LURES A CHILD INTO AN AREA OR ENTICES A CHILD
    9  INTO AN ACT BY FALSELY REQUESTING HELP OR PROMISING A REWARD, WHERE SUCH
   10  AREA OR ACT IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO AN INJURY TO THE  PHYSICAL,  MENTAL  OR
   11  MORAL WELFARE OF SUCH CHILD.
   12    CRIMINAL LURING OR ENTICING OF A CHILD IS A CLASS B FELONY.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   14  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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