S20-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO CODES

S20-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S20

TITLE OF BILL:
An  act  to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime
of patronizing a prostitute in a school  zone  and  including  daycare
facilities within the definition of a school zone

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Establishes  criminal  sanctions  for  patronizing  a  prostitute in a
school zone and includes daycare facilities in  the  definition  of  a
school zone.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section  1.  Amends  the  Penal  Law by adding a new section 230.06-a.
Creates the crime of  patronizing  a  prostitute  in  a  school  zone.
Provides  that  any  person  guilty of such crime shall be guilty of a
class D felony.

Section 2. Amends subdivision 2 of section 230.03 of  the  Penal  Law.
Adds daycare facilities to the definition of a school zone.

Section 3. Effective Date

EXISTING LAW:
Chapter  191  of  the Laws of 2011; Prostitution in a school zone is a
class A misdemeanor and promoting prostitution in a school zone  is  a
class E felony.

JUSTIFICATION:
This  bill  strengthens  current statute by establishing patronizing a
prostitute in a school zone as a  class  D  felony.  Additionally,  in
order  to protect children who attend daycare, daycare facilities have
been included in the definition of a school zone.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2012: S.7858 - Referred to Rules

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the first of November next succeeding the date on  which  it  shall
have become law.

S20-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          20
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 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 establishing the crime  of
 patronizing a prostitute in a school zone and including daycare facil
 ities within the definition of a school zone
 

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

 

Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new  section  230.06-a
 to read as follows:

 

S 230.06-A PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE IN A SCHOOL ZONE.
 A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE IN A SCHOOL ZONE WHEN
 SUCH PERSON PATRONIZES A PROSTITUTE IN  A  SCHOOL  ZONE  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 230.03 OF THIS ARTICLE.
 PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE IN A SCHOOL ZONE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
 

S  2.  Subdivision  2  of section 230.03 of the penal law, as added by
 chapter 191 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:

 2. For the purposes of this section and section 230.19 of  this  arti
 cle, "school zone" means (a) in or on or within any building, structure,
 athletic  playing  field,  playground  or land contained within the real
 property boundary line of a public  or  private  elementary,  parochial,
 intermediate, junior high, vocational, or high school, OR DAYCARE FACIL
 ITY,  or  (b) any public sidewalk, street, parking lot, park, playground
 or private land, located immediately adjacent to the  boundary  line  of
 such school OR FACILITY.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed
 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.
 LBD00987-01-3

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