Increases promoting prostitution in the fourth degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony; includes within such offense the knowing issuance, provision, mailing, distribution or transmission of any written material or electronic communication which advertises the provision of sexual conduct in return for a fee.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4965
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 3, 2017
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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 the promotion of prostitu-
tion
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 230.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. "Promote prostitution." A person "promotes prostitution" when he or
4 she knowingly, issues, gives, mails, distributes or transmits any writ-
5 ten material or electronic communication which advertises the provision
6 of sexual conduct in return for a fee.
7 § 2. Section 230.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 215 of the
8 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
9 § 230.20 Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree.
10 A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree when
11 he or she knowingly:
12 1. Advances, promotes or profits from prostitution; or
13 2. With intent to advance, promote or profit from prostitution,
14 distributes or disseminates to ten or more people in a public place
15 obscene material, as such terms are defined by subdivisions one and two
16 of section 235.00 of this title, or material that depicts nudity, as
17 such term is defined by subdivision one of section 245.10 of this part.
18 Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor]
19 E felony.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
21 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.
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