Directs the commissioner of criminal justice services to provide the department of motor vehicles with information on level sex offenders; requires the department of motor vehicles to maintain and update such information and provide the information to a police officer or peace officer upon inquiry related to a driver's license or non-driver identification card.
BILL NUMBER:A10532
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the correction law, in relation
to requiring the department of motor vehicles to provide certain
information on level three sex offenders to police officers and peace
officers making an inquiry relating to a driver's license, non-driver
identification card or motor vehicle registration
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires that the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall maintain an updated list of Level 3 sex
offenders, including name, aliases, photograph and other background
information.
This information shall be electronically accessible upon request by
any police or peace officer when conducting an inquiry relating to a
driver's license, non-driver ID or vehicle registration.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This legislation
would add a new
paragraph 8 to §20 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law requiring that
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles accept and maintain information,
provided by the Commissioner of Criminal Justice, on level 3 sex
offenders. Upon a written or electronic request by any police or
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10532
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 2, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, O'MARA, BALL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. ALFANO, AMEDORE, BACALLES, BARCLAY, BURLING, CONTE, CROUCH,
DUPREY, FINCH, HAWLEY, KOLB, McKEVITT, J. MILLER, MOLINARO, OAKS,
QUINN, RAIA, REILICH, SAYWARD, SCOZZAFAVA, SPANO, THIELE, TOWNSEND --
read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the correction law, in
relation to requiring the department of motor vehicles to provide
certain information on level three sex offenders to police officers
and peace officers making an inquiry relating to a driver's license,
non-driver identification card or motor vehicle registration
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 201 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN AND UPDATE, IN A TIMELY MANNER, ALL
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES ON LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C)
OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-L OF THE
CORRECTION LAW. UPON RECEIPT OF ANY INQUIRY, IN WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC
FORM, FROM A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER RELATING TO THE DRIVER'S
LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD OF ANY PERSON WHO IS A LEVEL
THREE SEX OFFENDER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TO THE POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER ALL
INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES WITH REGARD TO SUCH SEX OFFENDER.
S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 168-l of the correction
law, as separately amended by chapters 318 and 680 of the laws of 2005,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) If the risk of repeat offense is high and there exists a threat to
the public safety a level three designation shall be given to such sex
offender. In such case, the law enforcement agency or agencies having
jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or agencies having had
jurisdiction at the time of his or her conviction AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES shall be notified and may disseminate relevant informa-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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