Assembly Bill A4085

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Makes the subdirectory of sexually violent predators free of charge and searchable with anonymity

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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-A4085 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง168-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A9365

2011-A4085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the subdirectory of sexually violent predators free of charge and searchable with anonymity.

2011-A4085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4085

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, GUNTHER, P. RIVERA, PHEFFER -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. MOLINARO, SCHROEDER -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to making the  subdirec-
  tory  of sexually violent predators free of charge and searchable with
  anonymity

  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 478 of the laws  of  2009,  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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07727-01-1

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