S00147 Summary:

BILL NOS00147
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORSAMPSON
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S230.07, Pen L
 
Eliminates defense for patronizing a prostitute in the first degree.
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S00147 Actions:

BILL NOS00147
 
01/07/2009REFERRED TO CODES
01/06/2010REFERRED TO CODES
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S00147 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00147 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           147
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- 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 eliminating  defenses  for
          patronizing a prostitute in the first degree
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 230.07 of the penal law, as amended by  chapter  74
     2  of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 230.07 Patronizing a prostitute; defense.
     4    In  any  prosecution  for  patronizing  a prostitute in the [first or]
     5  second or third [degrees] degree, it is a defense that the defendant did
     6  not have reasonable grounds to believe that the person was less than the
     7  age specified.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD01940-02-9
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