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Assembly Bill A947

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for greater community notification of the presence of level 3 sex offenders who abuse minor children

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2009-A947 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง168-q, Cor L

2009-A947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for notification of presence of level three sex offender who abuses minor children to superintendents of schools, both public and private, local elected officials, and all adjacent residential and commercial property owners located within one thousand feet of the sex offender's address.

2009-A947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   947

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. McDONOUGH, KOLB, ERRIGO, RAIA, FITZPATRICK --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. BUTLER, OAKS, REILICH, THIELE --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to level three sex
  offenders

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

  Section  1.   Subdivision 1 of section 168-q of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 106 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  The  division shall maintain a subdirectory of level two and three
sex offenders. The subdirectory shall include the exact address, address
of the offender's place of employment and photograph of the sex offender
along with the  following  information,  if  available:  name,  physical
description,   age  and  distinctive  markings.  Background  information
including the sex offender's crime of conviction,  modus  of  operation,
type  of  victim  targeted,  the  name and address of any institution of
higher education at which the sex  offender  is  enrolled,  attends,  is
employed  or  resides and a description of special conditions imposed on
the sex offender shall also be included. The subdirectory shall have sex
offender listings categorized by county and zip  code.  A  copy  of  the
subdirectory  shall  annually  be  distributed  to  the offices of local
village, town, city,  county  or  state  law  enforcement  agencies  for
purposes of public access. The division shall distribute monthly updates
to  the  offices  of  local  village,  town,  city,  county or state law
enforcement agencies for purposes of public access.   IF  THE  MODUS  OF
OPERATION  OF  THE  SEX  OFFENDER  IS MINOR CHILDREN, THE DIVISION SHALL
NOTIFY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHO SHALL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE  FOR
THE DISSEMINATION OF SUCH INFORMATION TO LOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLS,  HEADS  OF  LOCAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS,

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

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