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Assembly Bill A3797

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a sex offender to state whether he or she resides within 1/2 mile of any elementary or secondary school

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2009-A3797 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3187
2013-2014: A1480
2015-2016: A4406

2009-A3797 - Summary

Requires such sex offender to state, on such verification form, the names of any school for children in grades pre-kindergarten through the twelfth which is located within a one-half mile radius of such offender's place of residence.

2009-A3797 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3797

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. CYMBROWITZ, KOON, WEISENBERG, ALESSI, GALEF --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. JOHN, PHEFFER -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the duty to  register
  and to verify by a sex offender

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2  of  section  168-f  of  the
correction  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  453  of the laws of 1999, is
amended to read as follows:
  (c) If the sex offender fails to mail the signed verification form  to
the  division  within ten calendar days after receipt of the form, he or
she shall be in violation of this section [unless he proves that  he  or
she has not changed his or her residence address].
  S  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the correction law is amended
by adding a new paragraph (b-4) to read as follows:
  (B-4) SUCH VERIFICATION FORM SIGNED BY THE  SEX  OFFENDER  SHALL  ALSO
REQUIRE  SUCH  OFFENDER TO STATE THE NAME OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR CHIL-
DREN IN ELEMENTARY GRADES THROUGH THE TWELFTH  GRADE  WHICH  IS  LOCATED
WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF SUCH OFFENDER'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
  S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05285-01-9

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2009-A3797A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3187
2013-2014: A1480
2015-2016: A4406

2009-A3797A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires such sex offender to state, on such verification form, the names of any school for children in grades pre-kindergarten through the twelfth which is located within a one-half mile radius of such offender's place of residence.

2009-A3797A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A3797A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 3797--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ, KOON, WEISENBERG, ALESSI, GALEF,
  CASTRO, REILLY, GUNTHER, ABBATE, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. JOHN, PHEFFER -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Correction in accordance
  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the duty to  register
  and to verify by a sex offender

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2  of  section  168-f  of  the
correction  law, as added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to read as follows:
  (b) The verification form shall be signed by  the  sex  offender,  and
state  that  he OR SHE still resides at the address last reported to the
division.  SUCH VERIFICATION FORM SHALL REQUIRE  SUCH  SEX  OFFENDER  TO
STATE  THE NAME OF ANY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE, IN GRADES PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH WHICH IS  LOCATED
WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF SUCH OFFENDER'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
  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
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05285-05-0

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