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Senate Bill S621

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires website providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment

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

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2009-S621 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7808
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง168-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5288
2013-2014: S4165
2015-2016: S3811
2017-2018: S4059
2019-2020: S388
2021-2022: S5412
2023-2024: S4296
2025-2026: S5872

2009-S621 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires website providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment.

2009-S621 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S621 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   621

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 information contained
  in the sex offender registry

  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. Such departments
shall require that a person in writing provide their  name  and  address
prior  to  viewing  the  subdirectory.  Any  information identifying the
victim by name, birth date, address or  relation  to  the  sex  offender
shall  be  excluded  from  the  subdirectory distributed for purposes of
public access. The subdirectory provided for  herein  shall  be  updated

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04842-01-9

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