Bill Text: NY A08607 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the residence and domicile of sex offender registrants.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-16)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-28 - referred to correction [A08607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08607-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8607
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in  relation  to  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. Section 168-a of the correction law is amended by adding  a
    2  new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
    3    19.  "RESIDENCE"  OR  "DOMICILE"  MEANS  ANY  PLACE  WHERE AN OFFENDER
    4  INTENDS TO RESIDE ON EITHER A FULL OR PART  TIME  BASIS.  NOTHING  SHALL
    5  PROHIBIT,  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE ONLY, A PERSON FROM HAVING
    6  MULTIPLE RESIDENCES OR DOMICILES.
    7    S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 168-b of the correction
    8  law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
    9  follows:
   10    (a) The sex offender's name, all aliases used,  date  of  birth,  sex,
   11  race,  height,  weight, eye color, driver's license number, home address
   12  and/or expected place of domicile, any internet accounts  with  internet
   13  access  providers  belonging  to  such offender and internet identifiers
   14  that such offender uses. THE DIVISION  SHALL  QUERY  OFFENDERS  ON  EACH
   15  REGISTRATION FORM WHETHER SUCH OFFENDER HAS MULTIPLE RESIDENCES OR DOMI-
   16  CILES  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  NINETEEN  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
   17  SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE AND  SHALL  DEVELOP  EXAMPLES  OF  WHEN  A
   18  PERSON  SHALL  BE DEEMED TO HAVE MULTIPLE RESIDENCES OR DOMICILES. IF AN
   19  OFFENDER ACQUIRES OR ESTABLISHES ANY ADDITIONAL RESIDENCES OR  DOMICILES
   20  DURING  A  REGISTRATION  PERIOD,  SUCH  OFFENDER SHALL, WITHIN TEN DAYS,
   21  NOTIFY ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH ADDITIONAL RESIDENCES OR  DOMICILES
   22  IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE DIVISION.
   23    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   24  have become a law; provided  that,  the  division  of  criminal  justice
   25  services  shall, within one hundred eighty days of such date notify each
   26  offender of their affirmative obligation to update registration informa-
   27  tion to detail any changes required by this act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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