Assembly Bill A2630

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires sex offenders who fail to register or verify twice or more to wear a location-tracking device

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2630 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-t, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1115
2013-2014: A2021
2015-2016: A5888
2017-2018: A2430
2019-2020: A3212

2009-A2630 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sex offenders who fail to register or verify their registration on two or more occasions to wear a location-tracking device while on probation, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision; failure to wear such device shall be a class D felony and grounds for revocation of parole and probation.

2009-A2630 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2630

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, TOBACCO, SPANO -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring sex  offen-
  ders  who  repeatedly  fail to register and verify to wear a location-
  transmitting device

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter
373 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  S 168-t. Penalty. 1. Any sex offender required to register or to veri-
fy pursuant to the provisions of this article who fails to  register  or
verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this
article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the
first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the
provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article shall be
guilty  of  a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the first offense,
and upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall  be  guilty
of  a class D felony. Any such failure to register or verify may also be
the basis for revocation of  parole  pursuant  to  section  two  hundred
fifty-nine-i  of  the  executive  law  or  the  basis  for revocation of
probation pursuant to article four hundred ten of the criminal procedure
law.
  2. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  IN
ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, ANY SEX OFFENDER
FOUND  GUILTY  OF  A  VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION ON TWO OR MORE OCCASIONS
SHALL, IF SENTENCED TO PROBATION, BE REQUIRED TO WEAR AT ALL  TIMES  FOR
THE  DURATION OF THE PERIOD OF PROBATION A LOCATION-TRANSMITTING DEVICE,
AND, IF SENTENCED TO A PERIOD OF IMPRISONMENT, BE REQUIRED  TO  WEAR  AT
ALL  TIMES FOR THE DURATION OF ANY PERIOD OF PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE
OR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION A LOCATION-TRANSMITTING DEVICE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03402-01-9
              

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