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Assembly Bill A3784

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a class D felony for sex offenders who fail to register or verify and is found at locations where children often frequent

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2009-A3784 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2509
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง168-t, Cor L

2009-A3784 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a class D felony for sex offenders who fail to register or verify and is found at locations where children often frequent, including parks, schools, day care centers, libraries or amusement parks.

2009-A3784 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3784

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a  class
  D  felony  for  sex  offenders  who fail to register or verify and are
  found at locations where children often frequent

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

  Section  1. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter
373 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  S 168-t. Penalty. 1. Any sex offender required to register or to veri-
fy pursuant to the provisions of this article who fails to  register  or
verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this
article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the
first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the
provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article shall be
guilty  of  a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the first offense,
and upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall  be  guilty
of a class D felony.
  2.  ANY SEX OFFENDER REQUIRED TO REGISTER OR TO VERIFY PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE WHO FAILS TO REGISTER OR VERIFY IN THE MANNER
AND WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS PROVIDED  FOR  HEREIN  AND  WHO  LOITERS  AT
PARKS,  PLAYGROUNDS,  SCHOOLS, CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AMUSE-
MENT PARKS OR ANY OTHER LOCATION THAT CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO FREQUENT AT
A TIME WHEN CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY PRESENT, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS  D
FELONY.
  3.  Any  such  failure to register or verify may also be the basis for
revocation of parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-i of the
executive law or the basis for revocation of probation pursuant to arti-
cle four hundred ten of the criminal procedure law.
  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.

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