NYS Seal

ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON CODES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE BY INVITATION ONLY

SUBJECT:
The Statute of Limitations Applicable to Sexual Abuse against Minors

PURPOSE:
To examine whether the statute of limitations for sexual abuse against a minor as contained in existing law warrants amendment, as provided for in A. 5488, to allow additional time for prosecution of criminal and/or civil actions against those liable for the commission of such acts. The purpose and specific focus of this hearing will be to examine the effect and long-term impact these abhorrent acts have on the victims of such abuse and their families.

Friday
April 29, 2011
10:00 AM
Assembly Hearing Room
250 Broadway, Room 1923, 19th Floor
New York, New York

Oral testimony will be accepted by invitation only and limited to ten (10) minutes' duration. In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committee will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to the Committee staff as early as possible. Twenty (20) copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committee would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements. In order to further publicize these hearings, please inform interested parties and organizations of the Committee's hearing. In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

Joseph R. Lentol
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Codes


PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM

Persons invited to and wishing to present testimony at the public hearing on the 29th of April are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail, email or fax it to:

Dee Levy, Senior Analyst Assembly Committee on Codes
AESOB, 11th Floor
Albany, New York 12248
Email: levyd@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-4313
Fax: (518) 455-3669
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