BILL NUMBER:A11008
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
providing certain information regarding level one sex offenders to the
offices of local village, town, city, county or state law enforcement
agencies
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation seeks to facilitate
law enforcement's access to information related to level one sex offen-
ders.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This legislation seeks to add a new
subdivision (subdivision 2) to section 168-q of the correction law. The
current subdivision 2 is renumbered to subdivision 3.
JUSTIFICATION: While information pertaining to level 2 and level 3 sex
offenders is readily available, information on level 1 sex offenders is
harder to come by. This can be detrimental to law enforcement officers,
who, despite having access to some information on level 1 sex offenders,
do not have uniform means of searching for that information.
The law would allow law enforcement to access information that they
already can access, but in one location.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11008
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 6, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. M. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing certain
information regarding level one sex offenders to the offices of local
village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 168-q of the correction law is
renumbered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
follows:
2. THE DIVISION SHALL MAINTAIN A SEPARATE SUBDIRECTORY OF LEVEL ONE
SEX OFFENDERS. THE SUBDIRECTORY SHALL INCLUDE THE EXACT ADDRESS, ADDRESS
OF THE OFFENDER'S PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SEX OFFENDER
ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, IF AVAILABLE: NAME, PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTION, AGE AND DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
INCLUDING THE SEX OFFENDER'S CRIME OF CONVICTION, MODUS OF OPERATION,
TYPE OF VICTIM TARGETED, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ANY INSTITUTION OF
HIGHER EDUCATION AT WHICH THE SEX OFFENDER IS ENROLLED, ATTENDS, IS
EMPLOYED OR RESIDES AND A DESCRIPTION OF SPECIAL CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON
THE SEX OFFENDER SHALL ALSO BE INCLUDED. THE SUBDIRECTORY SHALL HAVE SEX
OFFENDER LISTINGS CATEGORIZED BY COUNTY AND ZIP CODE. A COPY OF THE
SUBDIRECTORY SHALL ANNUALLY BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE OFFICES OF LOCAL
VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, COUNTY OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR ANY
LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE AND SHALL NOT BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE DIVISION SHALL DISTRIBUTE MONTHLY UPDATES TO THE OFFICES OF LOCAL
VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, COUNTY OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR
PURPOSES OF PUBLIC ACCESS. SUCH DEPARTMENTS SHALL REQUIRE THAT A PERSON
IN WRITING PROVIDE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO VIEWING THE SUBDIREC-
TORY. THE SUBDIRECTORY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE UPDATED
MONTHLY TO MAINTAIN ITS EFFICIENCY AND USEFULNESS AND SHALL BE COMPUTER
ACCESSIBLE. SUCH SUBDIRECTORY SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE
OFFICES OF LOCAL VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, COUNTY OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES AT ALL TIMES ON THE INTERNET VIA THE DIVISION HOMEPAGE.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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