BILL NUMBER:A10045
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
permissible employment, employment related activities, and volunteer
activities that may be performed by convicted sex offenders
PURPOSE: This bill amends certain sections of the correction law with
respect to the employment of convicted sex offenders.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the Correction Law by prohibit-
ing convicted sex offenders from working or volunteering at any facility
where such employment would allow the offender unsupervised access to
residential living quarters. Section 2 establishes an immediate effec-
tive date.
JUSTIFICATION: The enactment of the Sex Offender Registration Act
(SORA) (Correction Law Article 6-C) in 1996 established a system within
which to protect our communities by requiring sex offenders to register
with the State, and to make public information about offenders living in
our neighborhoods. Armed with this information, our communities are able
to shield the most vulnerable of citizens. While current law provides
comprehensive residential prohibitions, it lacks similar employment
restrictions. The law goes to great lengths to restrict convicted sex
offenders from living in our neighborhoods, yet allows convicted offen-
ders to work in our homes without our knowledge or supervision.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10045
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 26, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to permissible employ-
ment, employment related activities, and volunteer activities that may
be performed by convicted sex offenders
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 168-v of the correction law, as amended by chapter
604 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 168-v. Prohibition of CERTAIN TYPES OF employment [on motor vehicles
engaged in retail sales of frozen desserts] AND EMPLOYMENT RELATED
ACTIVITIES. No person required to maintain registration under this arti-
cle (sex offender registration act) shall: (I) operate, be employed on
or dispense goods for sale at retail on a motor vehicle engaged in
retail sales of frozen desserts as defined in subdivision thirty-seven
of section three hundred seventy-five of the vehicle and traffic law; OR
(II) BE PERMITTED TO WORK AT OR VOLUNTEER AT ANY FACILITY WHEREBY THE
NATURE OF THE WORK WOULD PERMIT SUCH PERSON TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS
TO RESIDENTIAL LIVING QUARTERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WORK AS A
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT, MANAGER, OR MAINTENANCE WORKER, OR
A HOME HEALTH AIDE, OR IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15791-01-0
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