S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) Class B violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit the class
A-I felonies of murder in the second degree as defined in section
125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
arson in the first degree as defined in section 150.20; manslaughter in
the first degree as defined in section 125.20, aggravated manslaughter
in the first degree as defined in section 125.22, rape in the first
degree as defined in section 130.35, criminal sexual act in the first
degree as defined in section 130.50, aggravated sexual abuse in the
first degree as defined in section 130.70, course of sexual conduct
against a child in the first degree as defined in section 130.75;
assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.10, kidnapping in
the second degree as defined in section 135.20, burglary in the first
degree as defined in section 140.30, arson in the second degree as
defined in section 150.15, robbery in the first degree as defined in
section 160.15, COMPELLING PROSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.33,
SEX TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34, incest in the first degree
as defined in section 255.27, criminal possession of a weapon in the
first degree as defined in section 265.04, criminal use of a firearm in
the first degree as defined in section 265.09, criminal sale of a
firearm in the first degree as defined in section 265.13, aggravated
assault upon a police officer or a peace officer as defined in section
120.11, gang assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.07,
intimidating a victim or witness in the first degree as defined in
section 215.17, hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree
as defined in section 490.35, criminal possession of a chemical weapon
or biological weapon in the second degree as defined in section 490.40,
and criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third
degree as defined in section 490.47.
S 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 70.80 of the penal law,
as added by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) For the purposes of this section, a "felony sex offense" means a
conviction of any felony defined in article one hundred thirty of this
chapter, including a sexually motivated felony, or patronizing a [pros-
titute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the first degree as defined in
section 230.06 of this chapter, PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION IN
THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.05 OF THIS CHAPTER, AGGRA-
VATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 230.11 OF THIS CHAPTER, AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A
MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.12
OF THIS CHAPTER, AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE
FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.13 OF THIS CHAPTER, incest in the
second degree as defined in section 255.26 of this chapter, or incest in
the first degree as defined in section 255.27 of this chapter, or a
felony attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the above.
S 5. The closing paragraph of section 135.35 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
Labor trafficking is a class [D] B felony.
S 6. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 230.02 of the
penal law, as amended by chapter 627 of the laws of 1978, are amended to
read as follows:
Patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION; definitions.
1. A person patronizes a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION when:
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(a) Pursuant to a prior understanding, he OR SHE pays a fee to another
person as compensation for such person or a third person having engaged
in sexual conduct with him OR HER; or
(b) He OR SHE pays or agrees to pay a fee to another person pursuant
to an understanding that in return therefor such person or a third
person will engage in sexual conduct with him OR HER; or
(c) He OR SHE solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual
conduct with him OR HER in return for a fee.
S 7. Subdivision 2 of section 230.03 of the penal law, as added by
chapter 191 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
2. For the purposes of this section, SECTION 230.08 and section 230.19
of this article, "school zone" means (a) in or on or within any build-
ing, structure, athletic playing field, playground or land contained
within the real property boundary line of a public or private elementa-
ry, parochial, intermediate, junior high, vocational, or high school, or
(b) any public sidewalk, street, parking lot, park, playground or
private land, located immediately adjacent to the boundary line of such
school.
S 8. Section 230.07 of the penal law is REPEALED and a new section
230.08 is added to read as follows:
S 230.08 PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION IN A SCHOOL ZONE.
1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION IN A
SCHOOL ZONE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR
PROSTITUTION IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 230.04, 230.05, OR 230.06 OF THIS
ARTICLE IN A SCHOOL ZONE DURING THE HOURS THAT SCHOOL IS IN SESSION.
2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SCHOOL ZONE" SHALL MEAN "SCHOOL
ZONE" AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 230.03 OF THIS ARTICLE.
PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION IN A SCHOOL ZONE IS A CLASS E
FELONY.
S 9. Section 230.04 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 74 of the
laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
S 230.04 Patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the third
degree.
A person is guilty of patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITU-
TION in the third degree when he or she patronizes a [prostitute] PERSON
FOR PROSTITUTION.
Patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the third degree
is a class A misdemeanor.
S 10. Section 230.05 of the penal law, as added by chapter 627 of the
laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
S 230.05 Patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the
second degree.
A person is guilty of patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITU-
TION in the second degree when, being [over] eighteen years [of age] OLD
OR MORE, he OR SHE patronizes a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION and
the person patronized is less than [fourteen] FIFTEEN years [of age]
OLD.
Patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the second
degree is a class E felony.
S 11. Section 230.06 of the penal law, as added by chapter 627 of the
laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
S 230.06 Patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the first
degree.
A person is guilty of patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITU-
TION in the first degree when [he]:
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1. HE OR SHE patronizes a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION and the
person patronized is less than eleven years [of age] OLD; OR
2. BEING EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR MORE, HE OR SHE PATRONIZES A PERSON FOR
PROSTITUTION AND THE PERSON PATRONIZED IS LESS THAN THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.
Patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the first degree
is a class D felony.
S 12. The section heading and the opening paragraph of section 230.10
of the penal law are amended to read as follows:
Prostitution and patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION; no
defense.
In any prosecution for prostitution or patronizing a [prostitute]
PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION, the sex of the two parties or prospective
parties to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated or solicited is
immaterial, and it is no defense that:
S 13. The penal law is amended by adding three new sections 230.11,
230.12 and 230.13 to read as follows:
S 230.11 AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE THIRD
DEGREE.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION
IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN, BEING TWENTY-ONE YEARS OLD OR MORE, HE OR SHE
PATRONIZES A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION AND THE PERSON PATRONIZED IS LESS
THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD AND THE PERSON GUILTY OF PATRONIZING ENGAGES IN
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, ORAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, ANAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, OR AGGRA-
VATED SEXUAL CONDUCT.
AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS
A CLASS E FELONY.
S 230.12 AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE SECOND
DEGREE.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION
IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN, BEING EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR MORE, HE OR SHE
PATRONIZES A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION AND THE PERSON PATRONIZED IS LESS
THAN FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AND THE PERSON GUILTY OF PATRONIZING ENGAGES IN
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, ORAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, ANAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, OR AGGRA-
VATED SEXUAL CONDUCT.
AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE SECOND DEGREE
IS A CLASS D FELONY.
S 230.13 AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST
DEGREE.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION
IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE PATRONIZES A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION
AND THE PERSON PATRONIZED IS LESS THAN ELEVEN YEARS OLD, BEING EIGHTEEN
YEARS OLD OR MORE, HE OR SHE PATRONIZES A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION AND
THE PERSON PATRONIZED IS LESS THAN THIRTEEN YEARS OLD, AND THE PERSON
GUILTY OF PATRONIZING ENGAGES IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, ORAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT, ANAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, OR AGGRAVATED SEXUAL CONDUCT.
AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS
A CLASS B FELONY.
S 14. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 230.15 of the penal law are
amended to read as follows:
1. "Advance prostitution." A person "advances prostitution" when,
acting other than as a [prostitute] PERSON IN PROSTITUTION or as a
patron thereof, he OR SHE knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or
engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution,
provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or
assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution
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enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid
or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.
2. "Profit from prostitution." A person "profits from prostitution"
when, acting other than as a [prostitute] PERSON IN PROSTITUTION receiv-
ing compensation for personally rendered prostitution services, he OR
SHE accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement
or understanding with any person whereby he OR SHE participates or is to
participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.
S 15. Subdivision 1 of section 230.19 of the penal law, as added by
chapter 191 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
1. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in a school zone when,
being nineteen years [of age] OLD or [older] MORE, he or she knowingly
advances or profits from prostitution [that he or she knows or reason-
ably should know is or will be committed in violation of section 230.03
of this article] in a school zone during the hours that school is in
session.
S 16. The opening paragraph and subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 230.25
of the penal law, the opening paragraph and subdivision 2 as amended by
chapter 627 of the laws of 1978 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter
74 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the third degree when
he OR SHE knowingly:
1. Advances or profits from prostitution by managing, supervising,
controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a
house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving
prostitution activity by two or more [prostitutes] PERSONS IN PROSTITU-
TION, or a business that sells travel-related services knowing that such
services include or are intended to facilitate travel for the purpose of
patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION, including to a
foreign jurisdiction and regardless of the legality of prostitution in
said foreign jurisdiction; or
2. PROFITS FROM PROSTITUTION BY ENGAGING, EITHER ALONE OR IN ASSOCI-
ATION WITH OTHERS, IN A BUSINESS OR ENTERPRISE CONSISTING OF THE TRANS-
PORTING OF A PERSON OR PERSONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROSTITUTION; OR
3. Advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than nine-
teen years old.
S 17. The opening paragraph of section 230.30 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 627 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
follows:
A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the second degree when
he OR SHE knowingly:
S 18. The first undesignated paragraph of section 230.32 of the penal
law, as added by chapter 627 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
follows:
A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when
he OR SHE knowingly advances or profits from prostitution of a person
less than [eleven] THIRTEEN years old.
S 19. Section 230.33 of the penal law, as added by chapter 450 of the
laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 230.33 Compelling prostitution.
A person is guilty of compelling prostitution when, being twenty-one
years [of age or older] OLD OR MORE, he or she knowingly advances pros-
titution by compelling a person less than [sixteen] EIGHTEEN years old,
by force or intimidation, to engage in prostitution.
Compelling prostitution is a class B felony.
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S 20. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (h) of subdivision 5 of section
230.34 of the penal law, as added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, are
amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
1. unlawfully providing to a person who is patronized, with intent to
impair said person's judgment: (a) a narcotic drug or a narcotic prepa-
ration; (b) MARIJUANA OR concentrated cannabis as defined in paragraph
(a) of subdivision four of section thirty-three hundred two of the
public health law; (c) methadone; [or] (d) gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
or flunitrazepan, also known as Rohypnol; OR (E) METHYLENEDIOXYMETH-
AMPHETAMINE (MDMA), ALSO KNOWN AS ECSTASY;
(h) perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm the person who is patronized
materially with respect to his or her health, safety, or immigration
status[.]; OR
6. KNOWINGLY ADVANCING PROSTITUTION OF A PERSON LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
YEARS OLD.
S 21. Section 230.35 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 450 of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 230.35 Promoting or compelling prostitution; accomplice.
In a prosecution for promoting prostitution or compelling prostitu-
tion, a person less than [seventeen] EIGHTEEN years [of age] OLD from
whose prostitution activity another person is alleged to have advanced
or attempted to advance or profited or attempted to profit shall not be
deemed to be an accomplice.
S 22. The first undesignated paragraph of section 230.40 of the penal
law is amended to read as follows:
A person is guilty of permitting prostitution when, having possession
or control of premises OR VEHICLE which he OR SHE knows are being used
for prostitution purposes OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING PROSTITUTION,
he OR SHE fails to make reasonable effort to halt or abate such use.
S 23. Subdivision 2 of section 240.37 of the penal law, as added by
chapter 344 of the laws of 1976, is amended, subdivision 3 is renumbered
subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
2. Any person who remains or wanders about in a public place and
repeatedly beckons to, or repeatedly stops, or repeatedly attempts to
stop, or repeatedly attempts to engage passers-by in conversation, or
repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly
interferes with the free passage of other persons, for the purpose of
prostitution[, or of patronizing a prostitute as those terms are] AS
THAT TERM IS defined in article two hundred thirty of [the penal law]
THIS PART, shall be guilty of a violation and is guilty of a class B
misdemeanor if such person has previously been convicted of a violation
of this section or of [sections] SECTION 230.00 [or 230.05] of [the
penal law] THIS PART.
3. ANY PERSON WHO REMAINS OR WANDERS ABOUT IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND
REPEATEDLY BECKONS TO, OR REPEATEDLY STOPS, OR REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTS TO
STOP, OR REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE PASSERS-BY IN CONVERSATION, OR
REPEATEDLY STOPS OR ATTEMPTS TO STOP MOTOR VEHICLES, OR REPEATEDLY
INTERFERES WITH THE FREE PASSAGE OF OTHER PERSONS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.02 OF
THIS PART, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION AND IS GUILTY OF A CLASS B
MISDEMEANOR IF SUCH PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION
OF THIS SECTION OR OF SECTION 230.04, 230.05, 230.06 OR 230.08 OF THIS
PART.
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S 24. Subdivision 6 of section 380.50 of the criminal procedure law,
as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
6. Regardless of whether the victim requests to make a statement with
regard to the defendant's sentence, where the defendant is sentenced for
a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or
a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law or any
of the following provisions of such law: sections 130.25, 130.30,
130.40, 130.45, 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two hundred sixty-three,
135.10, 135.25, 230.04, 230.05, 230.06, 230.08, 230.11, 230.12, 230.13,
subdivision two of section 230.30 or 230.32, the prosecutor shall, with-
in sixty days of the imposition of sentence, provide the victim with a
form on which the victim may indicate a demand to be informed of any
petition to change the name of such defendant. Such forms shall be
maintained by such prosecutor. Upon receipt of a notice of a petition to
change the name of any such defendant, pursuant to subdivision two of
section sixty-two of the civil rights law, the prosecutor shall promptly
notify the victim at the most current address or telephone number
provided by such victim in the most reasonable and expedient possible
manner of the time and place such petition will be presented to the
court.
S 25. The opening paragraph of paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 of
section 440.10 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 332 of
the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
The judgment is a conviction where the arresting charge was under
section 240.37 (loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution
offense, provided that the defendant was not alleged to be loitering for
the purpose of patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION or
promoting prostitution) or 230.00 (prostitution) of the penal law, and
the defendant's participation in the offense was a result of having been
a victim of sex trafficking under section 230.34 of the penal law or
trafficking in persons under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
(United States Code, title 22, chapter 78); provided that
S 26. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 8 of section 700.05 of the crimi-
nal procedure law, as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of 1990, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) Promoting prostitution in the first degree, as defined in section
230.32 of the penal law, promoting prostitution in the second degree, as
defined by subdivision one of section 230.30 of the penal law, PROMOTING
PROSTITUTION IN THE THIRD DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.25 OF THE
PENAL LAW;
S 27. Subdivision (a) of section 483-cc of the social services law, as
added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(a) As soon as practicable after a first encounter with a person who
reasonably appears to a law enforcement agency [or a], district attor-
ney's office, OR AN ESTABLISHED PROVIDER OF SOCIAL OR LEGAL SERVICES
DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE OR THE
OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE to be a human trafficking
victim, that agency [or], office OR PROVIDER shall notify the office of
temporary and disability assistance and the division of criminal justice
services that such person may be eligible for services under this arti-
cle.
S 28. Subdivision (p) of section 10.03 of the mental hygiene law, as
added by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(p) "Sex offense" means an act or acts constituting: (1) any felony
defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law, including a
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sexually motivated felony; (2) patronizing a [prostitute] PERSON FOR
PROSTITUTION in the first degree as defined in section 230.06 of the
penal law, AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.13 OF THE PENAL LAW, AGGRAVATED PATRON-
IZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 230.12 OF THE PENAL LAW, AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR
PROSTITUTION IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.11 OF THE
PENAL LAW, incest in the second degree as defined in section 255.26 of
the penal law, or incest in the first degree as defined in section
255.27 of the penal law; (3) a felony attempt or conspiracy to commit
any of the foregoing offenses set forth in this subdivision; or (4) a
designated felony, as defined in subdivision (f) of this section, if
sexually motivated and committed prior to the effective date of this
article.
S 29. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
168-a of the correction law, as amended by chapter 405 of the laws of
2008, is amended to read as follows:
(i) a conviction of or a conviction for an attempt to commit any of
the provisions of sections 120.70, 130.20, 130.25, 130.30, 130.40,
130.45, 130.60, 230.34, 250.50, 255.25, 255.26 and 255.27 or article two
hundred sixty-three of the penal law, or section 135.05, 135.10, 135.20
or 135.25 of such law relating to kidnapping offenses, provided the
victim of such kidnapping or related offense is less than seventeen
years old and the offender is not the parent of the victim, or section
230.04, [where the person patronized is in fact less than seventeen
years of age,] 230.05 [or], 230.06, 230.08, [or] 230.11, 230.12, 230.13,
subdivision two of section 230.30, [or] section 230.32 [or], 230.33, OR
230.34 of the penal law, OR SECTION 230.25 OF THE PENAL LAW WHERE THE
PERSON PROSTITUTED IS IN FACT LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, or
S 30. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 168-d of the
correction law, as amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Where a defendant stands convicted of an offense defined in para-
graph (b) of subdivision two of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of
this article or where the defendant was convicted of patronizing a
[prostitute] PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION in the third degree under section
230.04 of the penal law OR OF PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION IN
THE SECOND DEGREE UNDER SECTION 230.05 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR OF PATRONIZ-
ING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE UNDER SECTION 230.06
OF THE PENAL LAW, OR OF PATRONIZING A PERSON FOR PROSTITUTION IN A
SCHOOL ZONE UNDER SECTION 230.08 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR OF AGGRAVATED
PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 230.13 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR OF AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR
FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.12 OF
THE PENAL LAW, OR OF AGGRAVATED PATRONIZING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION IN
THE THIRD DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.11 OF THE PENAL LAW, and the
defendant controverts an allegation that the victim of such offense was
less than eighteen years [of age or, in the case of a conviction under
section 230.04 of the penal law, less than seventeen years of age] OLD,
the court, without a jury, shall, prior to sentencing, conduct a hear-
ing, and the people may prove by clear and convincing evidence that the
victim was less than eighteen years [of age] OLD or less than seventeen
years [of age] OLD, as applicable, by any evidence admissible under the
rules applicable to a trial of the issue of guilt. The court in addition
to such admissible evidence may also consider reliable hearsay evidence
submitted by either party provided that it is relevant to the determi-
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nation of the age of the victim. Facts concerning the age of the victim
proven at trial or ascertained at the time of entry of a plea of guilty
shall be deemed established by clear and convincing evidence and shall
not be relitigated. At the conclusion of the hearing, or if the defend-
ant does not controvert an allegation that the victim of the offense was
less than eighteen years [of age] OLD or less than seventeen years [of
age] OLD, as applicable, the court must make a finding and enter an
order setting forth the age of the victim. If the court finds that the
victim of such offense was under eighteen years [of age] OLD or under
seventeen years [of age] OLD, as applicable, the court shall certify the
defendant as a sex offender, the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
subdivision shall apply and the defendant shall register with the divi-
sion in accordance with the provisions of this article.
S 31. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 509-cc of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter 400 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The offenses referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
subdivision one and subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivision two
of this section that result in disqualification for a period of five
years shall include a conviction under sections 100.10, 105.13, 115.05,
120.03, 120.04, 120.04-a, 120.05, 120.10, 120.25, 121.12, 121.13,
125.40, 125.45, 130.20, 130.25, 130.52, 130.55, 135.10, 135.55, 140.17,
140.25, 140.30, 145.12, 150.10, 150.15, 160.05, 160.10, 220.06, 220.09,
220.16, 220.31, 220.34, 220.60, 220.65, 221.30, 221.50, 221.55, 230.00,
230.04, 230.05, 230.06, 230.08, 230.11, 230.12, 230.13, 230.19, 230.20,
235.05, 235.06, 235.07, 235.21, 240.06, 245.00, 260.10, subdivision two
of section 260.20 and sections 260.25, 265.02, 265.03, 265.08, 265.09,
265.10, 265.12, 265.35 of the penal law or an attempt to commit any of
the aforesaid offenses under section 110.00 of the penal law, or any
similar offenses committed under a former section of the penal law, or
any offenses committed under a former section of the penal law which
would constitute violations of the aforesaid sections of the penal law,
or any offenses committed outside this state which would constitute
violations of the aforesaid sections of the penal law.
S 32. Section 2324-a of the public health law, as amended by chapter
260 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
S 2324-a. Presumptive evidence. For the purposes of this title, two
or more convictions of any person or persons had, within a period of one
year, for any of the offenses described in section 230.00, 230.04,
230.05, 230.06, 230.08, 230.11, 230.12, 230.13, 230.20, 230.25 [or],
230.30 OR 230.32 of the penal law arising out of conduct engaged in at
the same real property consisting of a dwelling as that term is defined
in subdivision four of section four of the multiple dwelling law shall
be presumptive evidence of conduct constituting use of the premises for
purposes of prostitution.
S 33. Subdivision 2 of section 715 of the real property actions and
proceedings law, as added by chapter 494 of the laws of 1976, is amended
to read as follows:
2. For purposes of this section, two or more convictions of any person
or persons had, within a period of one year, for any of the offenses
described in section 230.00, 230.04, 230.05, 230.06, 230.08, 230.11,
230.12, 230.13, 230.20, 230.25, 230.30, 230.32 or 230.40 of the penal
law arising out of conduct engaged in at the same real property consist-
ing of a dwelling as that term is defined in subdivision four of section
four of the multiple dwelling law shall be presumptive evidence of
conduct constituting use of the premises for purposes of prostitution.
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S 34. Subdivision 3 of section 231 of the real property law, as
amended by chapter 203 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as
follows:
3. For the purposes of this section, two or more convictions of any
person or persons had, within a period of one year, for any of the
offenses described in section 230.00, 230.04, 230.05, 230.06, 230.08,
230.11, 230.12, 230.13, 230.20, 230.25, 230.30, 230.32 or 230.40 of the
penal law arising out of conduct engaged in at the same premises
consisting of a dwelling as that term is defined in subdivision four of
section four of the multiple dwelling law shall be presumptive evidence
of unlawful use of such premises and of the owners knowledge of the
same.
S 35. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.