Bill Text: NY S01172 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a child care provider, preschool or any facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S01172 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01172-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1172 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. AMEDORE, FUNKE, ROBACH, SEWARD -- 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 executive law and the penal law, in relation to prohibiting certain convicted sex offenders from knowingly being with- in 1,000 feet of a child care provider, a preschool or any place where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided; and to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to apply for quarterly listings of all elementary and secondary schools in the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 259-c of the executive law, as 2 amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws 3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 4 14. notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where 5 a person serving a sentence for an offense defined in article one 6 hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-five or two hundred sixty-three of 7 the penal law or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law and 8 the victim of such offense was under the age of eighteen at the time of 9 such offense or such person has been designated a level three sex offen- 10 der pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of 11 the correction law, is released on parole or conditionally released 12 pursuant to subdivision one or two of this section, the board shall 13 require, as a mandatory condition of such release, that such sentenced 14 offender shall refrain from knowingly entering into or upon any school 15 grounds, as that term is defined in subdivision fourteen of section 16 220.00 of the penal law, or within one thousand feet of a child care 17 provider, a preschool, or any facility or institution where pre-kinder- 18 garten or kindergarten instruction is provided, or any other facility or 19 institution primarily used for the care or treatment of persons under 20 the age of eighteen while one or more of such persons under the age of 21 eighteen are present, provided however, that when such sentenced offen- 22 der is a registered student or participant or an employee of such facil- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01604-01-9S. 1172 2 1 ity or institution or entity contracting therewith or has a family 2 member enrolled in such facility or institution, such sentenced offender 3 may, with the written authorization of his or her parole officer and the 4 superintendent or chief administrator of such facility, institution or 5 grounds, enter such facility, institution or upon such grounds for the 6 limited purposes authorized by the parole officer and superintendent or 7 chief officer. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as 8 restricting any lawful condition of supervision that may be imposed on 9 such sentenced offender. 10 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-f to 11 read as follows: 12 § 259-f. Quarterly reports of schools. 1. On a quarterly basis the 13 commissioner shall obtain an updated list from the commissioner of 14 education, of every elementary and secondary school in the state, and of 15 every child care provider, preschool and any other facility or institu- 16 tion where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided. 17 2. The commissioner shall distribute the information received pursuant 18 to subdivision one of this section to the board and to the director of 19 probation and correctional alternatives. 20 3. On or before February first each year, the commissioner shall noti- 21 fy the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of 22 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader 23 of the assembly, on the compliance with this section. 24 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4-a of section 65.10 of the penal 25 law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 (a) When imposing a sentence of probation or conditional discharge 28 upon a person convicted of an offense defined in article one hundred 29 thirty, two hundred thirty-five or two hundred sixty-three of this chap- 30 ter, or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of this chapter, and the victim 31 of such offense was under the age of eighteen at the time of such 32 offense or such person has been designated a level three sex offender 33 pursuant to subdivision six of section [168-l] one hundred sixty-eight-l 34 of the correction law, the court shall require, as a mandatory condition 35 of such sentence, that such sentenced offender shall refrain from know- 36 ingly entering into or upon any school grounds, as that term is defined 37 in subdivision fourteen of section 220.00 of this chapter, or within one 38 thousand feet of a child care provider, a preschool, or any facility or 39 institution where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is 40 provided, or any other facility or institution primarily used for the 41 care or treatment of persons under the age of eighteen while one or more 42 of such persons under the age of eighteen are present, provided however, 43 that when such sentenced offender is a registered student or participant 44 or an employee of such facility or institution or entity contracting 45 therewith or has a family member enrolled in such facility or institu- 46 tion, such sentenced offender may, with the written authorization of his 47 or her probation officer or the court and the superintendent or chief 48 administrator of such facility, institution or grounds, enter such 49 facility, institution or upon such grounds for the limited purposes 50 authorized by the probation officer or the court and superintendent or 51 chief officer. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as 52 restricting any lawful condition of supervision that may be imposed on 53 such sentenced offender. 54 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, except that sections one 55 and three of this act shall take effect on the first of July next 56 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.