S2480-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CODES
• Jan 21, 2011: REFERRED TO CODES

S2480-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2480

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to imprisonment for a sex crime
against a minor less than 17 years of age

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill adds a new �70.11 to the Penal Law requiring
that a defendant convicted of a sex crime under article 130 of the
Penal Law against a minor less than seventeen years of age shall
impose a sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the applicable
provisions of law.

JUSTIFICATION:
To insure that sex offenders are assured of a minimum sentence
commensurate with their crime.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2003-04: Senate Codes Cmte./Assembly Codes Cmte.
2005-06: Senate Codes Cmte./Assembly Codes Cmte.
2007-08: Senate Codes Cmte./Assembly Codes Cmte.
2009-10: Reported and Committed to Senate Finance/Rules Cmtes./
         Assembly Codes Cmte.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

S2480-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         2480
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 21, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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  imprisonment  for  a  sex
 crime against a minor less than 17 years of age
 

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  70.11  to
 read as follows:

 

S  70.11  SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST A MINOR LESS
 THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE WHEN A PERSON  HAS
 BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS CHAP
 TER  AGAINST  A  MINOR  LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE THE COURT SHALL
 IMPOSE  A  SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH   APPLICABLE
 PROVISIONS OF LAW.
 

S 2. 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.
 LBD07718-01-1

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