Bill Text: NY A07808 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires website providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to correction [A07808 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07808-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7808
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 24, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to information contained
         in the sex offender registry
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 168-q of the  correction  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  106  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. The division shall maintain a subdirectory of level two  and  three
    5  sex offenders. The subdirectory shall include the exact address, address
    6  of the offender's place of employment and photograph of the sex offender
    7  along  with  the  following  information,  if  available: name, physical
    8  description,  age  and  distinctive  markings.  Background   information
    9  including  the  sex  offender's crime of conviction, modus of operation,
   10  type of victim targeted, the name and  address  of  any  institution  of
   11  higher  education  at  which  the  sex offender is enrolled, attends, is
   12  employed or resides and a description of special conditions  imposed  on
   13  the sex offender shall also be included. The subdirectory shall have sex
   14  offender  listings  categorized  by  county  and zip code. A copy of the
   15  subdirectory shall annually be  distributed  to  the  offices  of  local
   16  village,  town,  city,  county  or  state  law  enforcement agencies for
   17  purposes of public access. The division shall distribute monthly updates
   18  to the offices of  local  village,  town,  city,  county  or  state  law
   19  enforcement  agencies  for  purposes  of public access. Such departments
   20  shall require that a person in writing provide their  name  and  address
   21  prior  to  viewing  the  subdirectory.  Any  information identifying the
   22  victim by name, birth date, address or  relation  to  the  sex  offender
   23  shall  be  excluded  from  the  subdirectory distributed for purposes of
   24  public access. The subdirectory provided for  herein  shall  be  updated
   25  monthly  to maintain its efficiency and usefulness and shall be computer
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04842-01-9
       A. 7808                             2
    1  accessible. Such subdirectory shall be made available at  all  times  on
    2  the internet via the division homepage. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE
    3  SUBDIRECTORY  SHALL  BE  SEARCHABLE VIA THE INTERNET BY THE ZIP CODE FOR
    4  BOTH  THE  OFFENDER'S  RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND HIS OR HER PLACE OF EMPLOY-
    5  MENT.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    7  have become a law.