Senate Bill S1485

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis

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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-S1485 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10321
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-b, 168-f, 168-g & 168-h, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1829
2013-2014: S1428
2015-2016: S5681, S6689
2017-2018: S2173
2019-2020: S1314
2021-2022: S3756
2023-2024: S6068

2009-S1485 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis; the divisions shall mail a verification form to each registered sex offender on a different random date during each six month period of the calendar year.

2009-S1485 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1485 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1485

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. SKELOS, FARLEY, FUSCHILLO, GOLDEN, LEIBELL, MAZIARZ,
  MORAHAN, SALAND, SEWARD, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime
  and Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring sex  offen-
  ders  to verify their registration with the sex offender registry on a
  biannual basis

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 168-b of the correction law, as
added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  4. The division shall, UPON A DIFFERENT RANDOM DATE  DURING  EACH  SIX
MONTH  PERIOD  OF  THE CALENDAR YEAR, mail a nonforwardable verification
form to the last reported address of the person  for  [annual]  BIANNUAL
verification requirements.
  S  2.  The  opening paragraph 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:
  For  a  sex  offender required to register under this article [on each
anniversary of  the  sex  offender's  initial  registration  date]  UPON
RECEIPT  OF  EACH  RANDOMLY MAILED BIANNUAL VERIFICATION FORM during the
period in which he is  required  to  register  under  this  section  the
following applies:
  S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 168-g of the correction law, as added by
chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  Every  sex  offender  who on the effective date of this article is
then on parole or probation for an offense provided for  in  subdivision
two  or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article shall
within ten calendar days of such determination register with his  parole
or  probation  officer.  [On  each  anniversary of] ON AND AFTER the sex
offender's initial registration date  [thereafter],  the  provisions  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03384-01-9
              

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