Assembly Bill A5480

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen years of age

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5480 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2708
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §301.2, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5496
2011-2012: A3613
2013-2014: A3372, S5497
2015-2016: A4412, S1489

2017-A5480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the juvenile delinquent status age, found in the Family Court Act, from sixteen to seventeen years of age.

2017-A5480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5480
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, PERRY, AUBRY -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to changing the juve-
   nile delinquent status age from sixteen to seventeen
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 301.2 of the family court act, as
 added by chapter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
   1. "Juvenile delinquent" means a  person  over  seven  and  less  than
 [sixteen]  SEVENTEEN  years  of  age,  who, having committed an act that
 would constitute a crime if committed by an adult, (a) is not criminally
 responsible for such conduct by reason of infancy, or (b) is the defend-
 ant in an action ordered removed from a criminal  court  to  the  family
 court  pursuant  to  article  seven  hundred twenty-five of the criminal
 procedure law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  next  succeeding
 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.
                                                            LBD03019-01-7

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