Senate Bill S4002

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to lifetime probation and electronic monitoring of certain sexual offenders

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

  • 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-S4002 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3754
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง168-g & 168-l, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6456

2009-S4002 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any sex offender who is convicted of molesting a child under the age of fourteen, after such sex offender has served the jail time for a previous sexual offense as defined in subdivisions two or three of section 168-a of the correction law, shall be subject to lifetime probation and an electronic monitoring device to be monitored by the division of criminal justice services.

2009-S4002 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4002 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4002

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
  Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend the correction law, in relation to lifetime probation
  and electronic monitoring of certain sexual offenders

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

  Section  1. Section 168-g of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY,  ANY
SEX  OFFENDER  WHO  IS  CONVICTED  OF MOLESTING A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF
FOURTEEN, AFTER SUCH SEX OFFENDER HAS SERVED JAIL TIME  FOR  A  PREVIOUS
SEXUAL  OFFENSE  AS  DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION TWO OR THREE OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE,  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  LIFETIME
PROBATION  AND  AN  ELECTRONIC  MONITORING DEVICE TO BE MONITORED BY THE
DIVISION.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 168-l of the correction law  is  amended
by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D)  IN  ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF THE RISK
OF A REPEAT OFFENSE IS HIGH OR IF THE SEXUAL OFFENDER  IS  CONVICTED  OF
MOLESTING  A  CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN AFTER SUCH SEXUAL OFFENDER
HAS SERVED JAIL TIME FOR A PREVIOUS SEXUAL OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN  SUBDI-
VISION  TWO  OR THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTI-
CLE, SUCH SEXUAL OFFENDER SHALL BE GRANTED  LIFETIME  PROBATION  AND  AN
ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE DISTRIBUTED AND MONITORED BY THE DIVISION.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02336-01-9

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