Bill Text: NY S00691 | 2023-2024 | 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: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S00691 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00691-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           691

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          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    § 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
    24  shall  be  notified and may disseminate relevant information which shall

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00395-01-3
        S. 691                              2

     1  include a photograph and description  of  the  offender  and  which  may
     2  include  the  exact name and any aliases used by the sex offender, exact
     3  address, address of  the  offender's  place  of  employment,  background
     4  information including the offender's crime of conviction, mode of opera-
     5  tion,  type  of victim targeted, the name and address of any institution
     6  of higher education at which the sex offender is enrolled,  attends,  is
     7  employed or resides and the description of special conditions imposed on
     8  the  offender  to  any entity with vulnerable populations related to the
     9  nature of the offense committed by such sex offender. Any entity receiv-
    10  ing information on a sex offender may disclose  or  further  disseminate
    11  such  information  at  its  discretion.  In  addition, in such case, the
    12  information described herein shall also be provided in the  subdirectory
    13  established  in  this article and notwithstanding any other provision of
    14  law, such information shall, upon request,  be  made  available  to  the
    15  public.
    16    Such  law  enforcement  agencies  shall compile, maintain and update a
    17  listing of vulnerable organizational entities within  its  jurisdiction.
    18  Such listing shall be utilized for notification of such organizations in
    19  disseminating  such  information  on level two sex offenders pursuant to
    20  this paragraph. Such listing  shall  include  and  not  be  limited  to:
    21  superintendents  of  schools or chief school administrators, superinten-
    22  dents of parks, public and private libraries, public and private  school
    23  bus  transportation  companies,  day care centers, nursery schools, pre-
    24  schools, neighborhood watch groups,  community  centers,  civic  associ-
    25  ations, nursing homes, victim's advocacy groups and places of worship.
    26    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    27  have become a law.