Bill Text: NY A00920 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to level three designation for certain sex offenders under the sex offender registration act; provides for a level three designation under the sex offender registration act for persons convicted of or a conviction for an attempt to commit an offense contained in article 130 (sexual offenses) or 263 (sexual performance by a child) or section 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree), section 230.06 (patronizing a prostitute in the first degree), section 230.32 (promoting prostitution in the first degree) or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 (incest) of the penal law where the victim of the related offense is less than eleven years old.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A00920 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00920-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           920
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  level  three  desig-
          nation for certain sex offenders
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (c) of subdivision 6  of
     2  section  168-l  of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters
     3  318 and 680 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     4    If the risk of repeat offense is high and there exists a threat to the
     5  public safety a level three designation  shall  be  given  to  such  sex
     6  offender.    If the sex offender has a conviction of or a conviction for
     7  an attempt to commit an offense contained in article one hundred  thirty
     8  or  two  hundred  sixty-three or section 135.25, 230.06, 230.32, 255.25,
     9  255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law, and where the victim of  the  related
    10  offense is less than eleven years old a level three designation shall be
    11  given  to  such sex offender. In [such] either case, the law enforcement
    12  agency or agencies having jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or
    13  agencies having had jurisdiction at the time of his  or  her  conviction
    14  shall  be  notified and may disseminate relevant information which shall
    15  include a photograph and description  of  the  offender  and  which  may
    16  include the sex offender's exact name and any aliases used by the offen-
    17  der, exact address, address of the offender's place of employment, back-
    18  ground information including the offender's crime of conviction, mode of
    19  operation, type of victim targeted, the name and address of any institu-
    20  tion of higher education at which the sex offender is enrolled, attends,
    21  is employed or resides and the description of special conditions imposed
    22  on the offender to any entity with vulnerable populations related to the
    23  nature of the offense committed by such sex offender. Any entity receiv-
    24  ing  information  on  a sex offender may disclose or further disseminate
    25  such information at its discretion. In addition[,  in  such  case,]  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00150-01-9

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     1  information  described [herein] in this paragraph shall also be provided
     2  in the subdirectory established in this article and notwithstanding  any
     3  other  provision  of  law, such information shall, upon request, be made
     4  available to the public.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     6  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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