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Senate Bill S1687

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits a sex offender from being granted by a court, physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with a child

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2009-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9364
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
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: S2481
2013-2014: S1452
2015-2016: S2084

2009-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a sex offender from being granted by a court, physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with a child.

2009-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1687

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. FLANAGAN, ALESI, MAZIARZ, MORAHAN, SEWARD, VOLKER,
  WINNER -- 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 custody and visita-
  tion rights of a sex offender

  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. PROHIBITION OF CUSTODY AND VISITATION RIGHTS. ANY SEX  OFFEN-
DER  SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM BEING GRANTED BY A COURT PHYSICAL OR LEGAL
CUSTODY OF, OR UNSUPERVISED VISITATION WITH, A CHILD.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November 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.
                                                           LBD04570-01-9

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