Senate Bill S3457

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the county of Niagara to pass local laws relating to prohibiting sex offenders in schools and day care centers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


  • 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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2013-S3457 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L

2013-S3457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the county of Niagara to pass local laws relating to prohibiting sex offenders in schools and day care centers.

2013-S3457 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3457

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 1, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 certain sex offenders
  in the county of Niagara

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

  Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap-
ter 604 of the laws of 2005, is  relettered  section  168-x  and  a  new
section 168-w is added to read as follows:
  S 168-W. PRESENCE NEAR SCHOOL GROUNDS AND CHILD CARE FACILITIES; LIMI-
TATIONS.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COUNTY OF
NIAGARA MAY ENACT A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT A DESIGNATED  SEX
OFFENDER,  FOR  THE REMAINDER OF HIS OR HER NATURAL LIFE, FROM KNOWINGLY
ENTERING INTO, UPON OR WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF ANY SCHOOL GROUNDS
OR CHILD CARE FACILITY WHILE ONE OR MORE PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF  EIGH-
TEEN ARE PRESENT.
  2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE
THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "DESIGNATED SEX OFFENDER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON THAT HAS BEEN:
  (I) DESIGNATED A LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE  SEX  OFFENDER  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-1 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR
  (II)  CONVICTED  OF  AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY,
TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OR TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE PENAL LAW, OR
  (III) CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN  SECTION  255.25,  255.26  OR
255.27  OF  THE  PENAL LAW, AND THE VICTIM OF SUCH OFFENSE WAS UNDER THE
AGE OF EIGHTEEN AT THE TIME OF SUCH OFFENSE.
  (B) "SCHOOL GROUNDS" SHALL MEAN SCHOOL GROUNDS AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED
IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 220.00 OF THE PENAL LAW; AND
  (C) "CHILD CARE FACILITY"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  FACILITY  OR  INSTITUTION
PRIMARILY  USED  FOR  THE  CARE OR TREATMENT OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08420-01-3
              

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