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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the severity of
  rape  in  the second degree, criminal sexual act in the second degree,
  sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against
  a child in the second degree

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

  Section  1.  The closing paragraph of section 130.30 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  Rape in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
  S  2.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 130.45 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 264 of the laws  of  2003,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  Criminal sexual act in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
  S  3.  The  closing  paragraph  of section 130.60 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
  S 4. The closing paragraph of section 130.80  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  Course  of  sexual  conduct  against a child in the second degree is a
class [D] C felony.
  S 5. 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.
                                                           LBD05845-01-1