Assembly Bill A8071

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain sex offenders from entering a school bus or within one thousand feet of a school bus stop

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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-A8071 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S493
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1751
2013-2014: A1396
2015-2016: A1032
2017-2018: A848
2019-2020: A3687
2021-2022: A236
2023-2024: A2223

2009-A8071 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain sex offenders from entering a school bus or within one thousand feet of a school bus stop.

2009-A8071 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8071

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. FIELDS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting certain sex
  offenders from entering a school bus or within one thousand feet of  a
  school bus stop

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section  65.10  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  67  of  the  laws  of  2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  4-a. Mandatory conditions for  sex  offenders.  (a)  When  imposing  a
sentence  of  probation or conditional discharge upon a person convicted
of an offense defined in article one hundred thirty, two  hundred  thir-
ty-five  or  two hundred sixty-three of this chapter, or section 255.25,
255.26 or 255.27 of this chapter, and the victim  of  such  offense  was
under the age of eighteen at the time of such offense or such person has
been  designated  a level three sex offender pursuant to subdivision six
of section 168-l of the correction law, the court shall  require,  as  a
mandatory condition of such sentence, that such sentenced offender shall
refrain from knowingly entering into or upon any school grounds, as that
term  is defined in subdivision fourteen of section 220.00 of this chap-
ter, OR ANY SCHOOL BUS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED  FORTY-TWO  OF
THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A DESIGNATED
SCHOOL  BUS STOP, DEFINED AS A REGULARLY OCCURRING STOP WHERE PASSENGERS
ARE DISCHARGED OR TAKEN ON, or any other facility or institution  prima-
rily used for the care or treatment of persons under the age of eighteen
while one or more of such persons under the age of eighteen are present,
provided  however,  that  when  such  sentenced offender is a registered
student or participant or an employee of such facility or institution or
entity contracting therewith or has a family  member  enrolled  in  such
facility  or  institution, such sentenced offender may, with the written

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03320-01-9
              

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