Assembly Bill A1954

2011-2012 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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  • 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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2011-A1954 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A3671

2011-A1954 (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.

2011-A1954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1954

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ, SCHROEDER, MORELLE --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. 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.
                                                           LBD04175-01-1

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