STATE OF NEW YORK
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2261
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 defenses against patroniz-
ing a prostitute
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 second
5 degrees, it is [a] an affirmative defense that the defendant did not
6 have reasonable grounds to believe that the person was less than the age
7 specified.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06598-01-3
