Assembly Bill A7525

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires registered sex offenders to wear an electronic tagging device

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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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2009-A7525 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1020
2013-2014: A3225
2015-2016: A8473
2017-2018: A4458
2019-2020: A3740

2009-A7525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires registered sex offenders to wear an electronic tagging device.

2009-A7525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7525

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ALFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring  registered
  sex offenders to wear electronic tagging devices

  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.  WEARING OF ELECTRONIC TAGGING DEVICES. 1. ANY PERSON WHO IS
REQUIRED TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED  TO
WEAR  AN  ELECTRONIC  TAGGING  DEVICE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN
ELECTRONIC TAGGING DEVICE MEANS A DEVICE, WORN BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  THAT
TRANSMITS  A  SIGNAL  AND  ENABLES  ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO MONITOR,
TRACK, AND/OR PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WEARING THE DEVICE
THROUGH THE RECEPTION OF THAT SIGNAL.
  2. AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT TAMPER WITH HIS  OR  HER  ELECTRONIC  TAGGING
DEVICE IN ANY WAY, NOR MAY THEY ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON TO TAMPER WITH SUCH
DEVICE.  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  CAUGHT TAMPERING WITH AN ELECTRONIC TAGGING
DEVICE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
person  who  is  required  to  register  pursuant  to article 6-C of the
correction law on or after such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10921-01-9


              

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