Bill Text: NY S01856 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Restricts the residency of certain sex offenders; provides guidelines for the location of level two and level three sex offenders; allows municipalities to reject the placement of additional level two and level three sex offenders in such municipality if certain factors and requirements are met.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-20 - referred to correction [S01856 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01856-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1856--A
           Cal. No. 529
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. LAVALLE, GRISANTI, MAZIARZ, YOUNG -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Crime  Victims,  Crime  and Correction -- reported favorably from said
         committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
         reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
         order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to restricting the resi-
         dency of certain sex offenders
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 168-
    2  ll to read as follows:
    3    S 168-LL. GUIDELINES FOR LOCATION FOR LEVEL TWO AND  LEVEL  THREE  SEX
    4  OFFENDERS.  THE DIVISION, IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE BOARD
    5  OF EXAMINERS OF SEX OFFENDERS, DIVISION OF PAROLE, DEPARTMENT OF  MENTAL
    6  HYGIENE,  AND  LOCAL  PROBATION  DEPARTMENTS  THROUGHOUT THE STATE SHALL
    7  DEVELOP GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES  ON  THE  PLACEMENT,  LOCATION,  RELO-
    8  CATION,  OR SETTLEMENT OF LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS WITHIN
    9  THE COMMUNITY. SUCH GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES SHALL BE BASED  UPON,  BUT
   10  NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   11    1.  THAT  MUNICIPALITIES  BE  ALLOWED TO REJECT THE PLACEMENT OF ADDI-
   12  TIONAL LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX  OFFENDERS  IN  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY.
   13  FACTORS  TO  BE  CONSIDERED  IN DETERMINING WHETHER A MUNICIPALITY SHALL
   14  ACCEPT ANY MORE SUCH INDIVIDUALS SHALL INCLUDE:
   15    (A) THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT  CURRENTLY  OVERLY  CONCENTRATED  IN
   16  RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF ONE MUNICIPALITY OR PORTION OF A MUNICIPALITY;
   17    (B)  ALL  EFFORTS  ARE  BEING MADE TO LOCATE SUCH INDIVIDUALS IN AREAS
   18  THAT HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPORT SERVICES TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF RE-OFFENSE;
   19    (C) THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE LOCATED REASONABLY CLOSE TO SUCH INDI-
   20  VIDUALS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND  MORAL  SUPPORT
   21  TO SUCH INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF RE-OFFENSE; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03798-03-1
       S. 1856--A                          2
    1    (D)  MEASURES  ARE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE PLACED IN
    2  COMMUNITIES THAT CAN PHYSICALLY ACCOMMODATE SUCH  INDIVIDUALS  AND  THAT
    3  SUCH  INDIVIDUALS  ARE NOT LOCATED NEAR RE-OFFENSE RISK CENTERS, INCLUD-
    4  ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SCHOOLS, DAY CARE CENTERS, PLAYGROUNDS, OR  ANY
    5  OTHER  FACILITY  OR  AREA  THAT  ATTRACTS  CHILDREN OR IN WHICH CHILDREN
    6  CONGREGATE;
    7    2. THAT MUNICIPALITIES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ALLOW OR REJECT A  SECURE
    8  COMMUNITY  RESIDENCE  FOR LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS WITHIN
    9  SUCH MUNICIPALITY; AND
   10    3. THAT MUNICIPALITIES SHALL BE ALLOWED  TO  RESTRICT  THE  NUMBER  OF
   11  LEVEL  TWO  AND  LEVEL  THREE  SEX OFFENDERS AT A RESIDENCE, UNLESS SUCH
   12  PERSONS ARE LEGALLY RELATED BY  BLOOD,  MARRIAGE  OR  ADOPTION,  IN  THE
   13  FOLLOWING MANNER:
   14    (A)  IN  A  MULTIFAMILY DWELLING, MAY RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF LEVEL TWO
   15  AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS TO LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE NUMBER  OF
   16  DWELLING  UNITS  THAT  ARE CONTAINED IN THE MULTIFAMILY DWELLING AND MAY
   17  RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL  THREE  SEX  OFFENDERS  IN  A
   18  MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNIT TO ONE; AND
   19    (B)  IN  ANY  SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, MAY RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF LEVEL
   20  TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS RESIDING THEREIN TO ONE;
   21    (C) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   22    (1) "MULTIFAMILY DWELLING" MEANS A  BUILDING  OR  BUILDINGS  THAT  ARE
   23  LOCATED  IN  AN AREA ZONED RESIDENTIAL, THAT ARE ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER,
   24  THAT CONTAIN TWO OR MORE DWELLING UNITS, INCLUDING TRIPLEXES, FOURPLEXES
   25  AND APARTMENTS, AND THAT HAVE AS THEIR PRIMARY ACCESS A  COMMON  HALLWAY
   26  OR CORRIDOR.
   27    (2)  "MULTIFAMILY  DWELLING  UNIT"  MEANS  ONE  OR MORE ROOMS WITHIN A
   28  BUILDING THAT ARE ARRANGED, DESIGNED OR USED  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  PURPOSES
   29  AND THAT CONTAIN INDEPENDENT SANITARY AND COOKING FACILITIES.
   30    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.