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Assembly Bill A6003

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain persons convicted under article six-C of the correction law from serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education of any public school

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2009-A6003 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2571
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, amd §168-t, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2086, S1857
2013-2014: A4118, S3309
2015-2016: A5636, S4153
2017-2018: A3138, S3822
2019-2020: A5516, S3723

2009-A6003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain persons convicted of article six-C of the correction law as serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central school district or any charter school.

2009-A6003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 2571                                                  A. 6003

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 24, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, ALESI, VOLKER -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Correction

AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting certain
  persons convicted under article six-C of the correction law from serv-
  ing as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board  of  educa-
  tion  of  any  public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or
  central school district or any charter school

  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:
  168-W. PROHIBITION OF SERVING AS A  TRUSTEE,  PRINCIPAL,  OFFICER,  OR
BOARD  OF EDUCATION OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ANY BOCES, CITY, UNION FREE,
COMMON OR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT  OR  ANY  CHARTER  SCHOOL.  NO  PERSON
REQUIRED  TO  MAINTAIN  REGISTRATION  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE (SEX OFFENDER
REGISTRATION ACT) SHALL BE A TRUSTEE, PRINCIPAL, OFFICER, OR MEMBER OF A
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ANY BOCES, CITY, UNION  FREE,
COMMON OR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY CHARTER SCHOOL.
  S 2. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter 373 of
the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  S  168-t.  Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify
pursuant to the provisions of this article  who  fails  to  register  or
verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this
article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the
first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07286-02-9

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