STATE OF NEW YORK
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5866
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 27, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to endangering the welfare of
a child
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 260.10 of the penal law,
2 as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new
3 subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
4 4. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
5 care or custody of a child less than ten years old, he or she fails to
6 report to the police or any other proper authority, such child as a
7 missing person after such child has been missing for a period of time
8 exceeding twenty-four hours.
9 Endangering the welfare of a child is a class [A misdemeanor] E
10 felony.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
12 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.
LBD13287-01-1
