Assembly Bill A6985

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates the crime of luring or enticing of a child, by false requests for help or promises of rewards

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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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2009-A6985 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง260.08, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A8416

2009-A6985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of luring or enticing of a child by false requests for help or promises of rewards; makes such an act a class C felony.

2009-A6985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6985

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to making the luring or
  enticing of a child a crime

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.08 to
read as follows:
S 260.08 CRIMINAL LURING OR ENTICING OF A CHILD.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL LURING OR ENTICING OF A CHILD  WHEN  HE
OR  SHE  LURES  A  CHILD  INTO AN AREA OR ENTICES A CHILD INTO AN ACT BY
FALSELY REQUESTING HELP OR PROMISING A REWARD, WHERE SUCH AREA OR ACT IS
LIKELY TO LEAD TO AN INJURY TO THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR MORAL WELFARE  OF
SUCH CHILD.
  CRIMINAL LURING OR ENTICING OF A CHILD IS A CLASS C FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD07861-01-9

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