Assembly Bill A5435

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires sex offenders, regardless of their classification, to annually register with the division of criminal justice service for life

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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-A5435 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-h & 168-o, Cor L

2009-A5435 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sex offenders, regardless of their classification, to annually register with the division of criminal justice service for life; eliminates the ability of level 2 sex offenders to petition for relief from registering in the future after having been registered for 30 years.

2009-A5435 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5435

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GIANARIS, HOYT, BENEDETTO, DESTITO, CUSICK, KOON,
  LAVINE,  WEISENBERG,  SCHIMMINGER, DelMONTE, FIELDS, SCHROEDER, BENJA-
  MIN, MAYERSOHN, SPANO, GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
  ABBATE,  BOYLAND,  DIAZ,  PHEFFER, REILLY -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring sex  offen-
  ders to register for life and eliminating the petition for relief

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

  Section 1. Section 168-h of the correction law, as amended by  chapter
11  of the laws of 2002, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 1 of
the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S 168-h. Duration of registration and verification. 1. The duration of
registration and verification for a  sex  offender  [who  has  not  been
designated a sexual predator, or a sexually violent offender, or a pred-
icate  sex  offender,  and who is classified as a level one risk, or who
has not yet received a risk level classification,] shall be annually for
[a period of twenty years from the initial date of registration] LIFE.
  2. [The duration of registration and verification for a  sex  offender
who, on or after March eleventh, two thousand two, is designated a sexu-
al  predator,  or a sexually violent offender, or a predicate sex offen-
der, or who is classified as a level two or level three risk,  shall  be
annually  for life. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a sex offender who is
classified as a level two risk and who is not designated a sexual preda-
tor, a sexually violent offender or a predicate  sex  offender,  may  be
relieved  of  the duty to register and verify as provided by subdivision
one of section one hundred sixty-eight-o of this article.
  3.] Any sex offender having been designated a level three  risk  or  a
sexual  predator  shall  also personally verify his or her address every
ninety calendar days with the local law enforcement agency having juris-
diction where the offender resides.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05854-01-9
              

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