Senate Bill S1977

2011-2012 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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2011-S1977 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-h & 168-o, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S556
2015-2016: S2459

2011-S1977 (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.

2011-S1977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1977

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 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.
  S 2. Section 168-o of the correction law, as amended by chapter 453 of
the  laws  of 1999, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05828-01-1
              

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