Assembly Bill A1063

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for enhanced supervision of sex offenders and penalties for their failure to register or verify as required by law

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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-A1063 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-f, 168-h, 168-l & 168-t, add §§168-ll & 168-tt, Cor L; add §60.14, amd §70.06, Pen L; amd §720.10, CP L

2009-A1063 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for enhanced supervision of sex offenders and penalties for their failure to register or verify as required by law; directs the division of criminal justice services to provide for reducing over-concentrations of released sex offenders in particular municipalities or portions thereof; provides that level two or three sex offenders do not reside near child risk centers, such as schools, day care centers, or play grounds; eliminates youthful offender status to youths convicted of certain sex offenses.

2009-A1063 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1063

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. DESTITO, SPANO -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law and the penal law, in relation to the
  supervision, location and classification  of  sex  offenders;  and  to
  amend  the  criminal  procedure  law,  in relation to denying youthful
  offender status to persons convicted of certain sex offenses

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3 of section 168-f of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 11 of the  laws  of  2002,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  The provisions of subdivision two of this section shall be applied
to a sex offender required to register under this article,  except  that
such sex offender designated as a sexual predator or having been given a
level  three  designation must personally verify his or her address with
the local law enforcement agency every  [ninety]  THIRTY  calendar  days
after  the  date  of  release  or commencement of parole or post-release
supervision, or probation, or release on payment of a fine,  conditional
discharge  or  unconditional  discharge.  The  duty to personally verify
shall be temporarily suspended during any period in which the sex offen-
der is confined to any state or local correctional facility, hospital or
institution and shall immediately recommence on  the  date  of  the  sex
offender's release.
  S  2.  Subdivisions  2  and  3 of section 168-h of the correction law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2006  and  subdivi-
sion  3  as added by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read
as follows:
  2. The duration of registration and verification for  a  sex  offender
who, on or after March eleventh, two thousand two, is designated a sexu-
al  predator,  or a sexually violent offender, or a predicate sex offen-

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

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