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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Apr 29, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S4915
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง245.03, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S2795
2013-2014: S4940
2011-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4915 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of exposure of a person on school grounds PURPOSE: Establishes the crime of exposure on school grounds as an E-Felony. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends the penal law to increase the penalties for inappropriate exposure of intimate parts on school grounds. It encompasses the violation as revealing to include any intimate or private areas of an individual's body as being unclothed or exposed. Included is the breast area of a female below the areola, with the exception of breast feeding for infants or entertainers performing in a play, exhibition, or show. JUSTIFICATION: Protecting our children from adverse behavior begins on school grounds. Providing additional protections to our school property prohibiting the display of such vile behavior to our youth is of the utmost importance. Children need not be exposed or affected by such adverse behavior while attending an educational facility. In addition to protecting our youth, increasing the criminal punishment will deter
2011-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4915 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 29, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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 establishing the crime of exposure of a person on school grounds 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 245.03 to read as follows: S 245.03 EXPOSURE OF A PERSON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF EXPOSURE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 220.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, IF HE OR SHE APPEARS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE PRIVATE OR INTIMATE PARTS OF HIS OR HER BODY ARE UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE PRIVATE OR INTIMATE PARTS OF A FEMALE PERSON SHALL INCLUDE THAT PORTION OF THE BREAST WHICH IS BELOW THE TOP OF THE AREOLA. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE BREASTFEEDING OF INFANTS OR TO ANY PERSON ENTERTAINING OR PERFORMING IN A PLAY, EXHIBITION, SHOW OR ENTER- TAINMENT. EXPOSURE OF A PERSON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS IS A CLASS E 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. LBD00338-01-1
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