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Senate Bill S968

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the crime of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child

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2009-S968 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง260.12, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2036

2009-S968 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child as a crime punishable as a class C felony; includes acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the mental, physical or moral welfare of a child and failure to exercise due diligence in the control of a child to prevent a child from being abused.

2009-S968 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S968 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   968

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 the  crime  of  aggravated
  endangering the welfare of a child

  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 260.12  to
read as follows:
S 260.12 AGGRAVATED ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD
WHEN:
  1. HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY ACTS IN A MANNER LIKELY TO BE INJURIOUS TO  THE
PHYSICAL,  MENTAL  OR  MORAL  WELFARE  OF A MALE CHILD LESS THAN SIXTEEN
YEARS OLD OR A FEMALE CHILD LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD OR DIRECTS  OR
AUTHORIZES SUCH CHILD TO ENGAGE IN AN OCCUPATION INVOLVING A SUBSTANTIAL
RISK  OF DANGER TO HIS OR HER LIFE OR HEALTH AND SUCH CONDUCT RESULTS IN
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH CHILD; OR
  2. BEING A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED  WITH  THE
CARE OR CUSTODY OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE FAILS
OR REFUSES TO EXERCISE REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN THE CONTROL OF SUCH CHILD
TO  PREVENT  HIM  OR  HER  FROM BECOMING AN "ABUSED CHILD," A "NEGLECTED
CHILD," A "JUVENILE DELINQUENT" OR A "PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLES TEN, THREE AND SEVEN OF  THE  FAMILY
COURT  ACT  AND  SUCH CONDUCT RESULTS IN SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH
CHILD.
  AGGRAVATED ENDANGERING THE WELFARE 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.
                                                           LBD06666-01-9

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