Bill Text: NY A03912 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-29 - held for consideration in correction [A03912 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03912-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3912
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. HAWLEY, TEDISCO, McKEVITT, McDONOUGH -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A.   BARCLAY,  BUTLER,  CURRAN,  DUPREY,  FINCH,
         GIGLIO,  GOODELL,  KOLB,  LOPEZ,  McLAUGHLIN,  OAKS, RA, RAIA, TENNEY,
         THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  the  employment
         address of sex offenders
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the correction  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  67  of  the  laws  of  2008, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
    5  calendar days after any change of  address,  ANY  CHANGE  IN  EMPLOYMENT
    6  ADDRESS,  internet  accounts with internet access providers belonging to
    7  such offender, internet identifiers that such offender uses, or  his  or
    8  her  status  of  enrollment,  attendance, employment or residence at any
    9  institution of higher education. A fee of ten dollars, as authorized  by
   10  subdivision  eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of this article,
   11  shall be submitted by the sex offender each time such offender registers
   12  any change of address or any change of his or her status of  enrollment,
   13  attendance,  employment or residence at any institution of higher educa-
   14  tion. Any failure or omission to  submit  the  required  fee  shall  not
   15  affect the acceptance by the division of the change of address or change
   16  of status.
   17    S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 168-l of the correction
   18  law,  as  amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
   19  as follows:
   20    (b) If the risk of repeat offense is moderate, a level two designation
   21  shall be given to such sex offender. In such case  the  law  enforcement
   22  agency or agencies having jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or
   23  agencies  having  had  jurisdiction at the time of his or her conviction
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01628-01-5
       A. 3912                             2
    1  shall be notified and may disseminate relevant information  which  shall
    2  include  a  photograph  and  description  of  the offender and which may
    3  include the exact name and any aliases used by the sex  offender,  exact
    4  address,  ADDRESS  OF  THE  OFFENDER'S  PLACE  OF EMPLOYMENT, background
    5  information including the offender's crime of conviction, mode of opera-
    6  tion, type of victim targeted, the name and address of  any  institution
    7  of  higher  education at which the sex offender is enrolled, attends, is
    8  employed or resides and the description of special conditions imposed on
    9  the offender to any entity with vulnerable populations  related  to  the
   10  nature of the offense committed by such sex offender. Any entity receiv-
   11  ing  information  on  a sex offender may disclose or further disseminate
   12  such information at its discretion.  In  addition,  in  such  case,  the
   13  information  described herein shall also be provided in the subdirectory
   14  established in this article and notwithstanding any other  provision  of
   15  law,  such  information  shall,  upon  request, be made available to the
   16  public.
   17    Such law enforcement agencies shall compile,  maintain  and  update  a
   18  listing  of  vulnerable organizational entities within its jurisdiction.
   19  Such listing shall be utilized for notification of such organizations in
   20  disseminating such information on level two sex  offenders  pursuant  to
   21  this  paragraph.  Such  listing  shall  include  and  not be limited to:
   22  superintendents of schools or chief school  administrators,  superinten-
   23  dents  of parks, public and private libraries, public and private school
   24  bus transportation companies, day care centers,  nursery  schools,  pre-
   25  schools,  neighborhood  watch  groups,  community centers, civic associ-
   26  ations, nursing homes, victim's advocacy groups and places of worship.
   27    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   28  have become a law.