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Assembly Bill A3671

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Restricts level three sex offenders from residing within one quarter mile of any school or licensed day care facility

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2009-A3671 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S534
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1954

2009-A3671 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts level three sex offenders from residing within one quarter mile of any school or licensed day care facility; makes a violation of this provision a class E felony.

2009-A3671 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3671

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KOON,  BRADLEY, CARROZZA, CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ,
  SCHROEDER, MORELLE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ALFANO,  BARRA,
  GALEF,  GUNTHER, HOOPER, LUPARDO, MAYERSOHN, PHEFFER, RAMOS, ROBINSON,
  SCHIMMINGER, TOWNS, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once  and  referred  to
  the Committee on Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the correction law, in relation to restricting where
  level three sex offenders may reside

  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. LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS RESIDENCE LIMITATION;  PENALTY.  1.
IT  SHALL  BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER TO RESIDE WITHIN
ONE QUARTER MILE OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE,  HIGH,  OR
NURSERY SCHOOL; OR LICENSED DAY CARE FACILITY.
  2.  NO  SHELTER  OR  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION  SHALL PERMIT OR CAUSE THE
PLACEMENT OF ANY LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER IF  SUCH  SHELTER  OR  HOUSING
ACCOMMODATION  IS  WITHIN  ONE  QUARTER  MILE  OF  ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH, OR NURSERY SCHOOL; OR LICENSED DAY CARE FACIL-
ITY.
  3. THE RESIDENCE PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISIONS ONE  AND  TWO
OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AS LONG AS THE OFFENDER IS
CLASSIFIED AS A LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER.
  4. A SEX OFFENDER WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
  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.
                                                           LBD01625-01-9

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