Assembly Bill A6455

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders

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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-A6455 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 6-D ยงยง169 - 169-d, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A3673

2011-A6455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electronic monitoring for any sex offender having been designated a level three risk or a sexual predator; requires the division of criminal justice services to establish a system of active electronic monitoring that identifies the location of certain sex offenders; makes it a crime for a sex offender required to be electronically monitored to violate such requirement.

2011-A6455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6455

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHNS, N. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. BURLING, CALHOUN, CROUCH, GRAF, KATZ, McKEVITT, P. RIVERA,  SALADI-
  NO,  STEVENSON,  TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring  the  elec-
  tronic monitoring of certain sex offenders

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

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  article  6-D
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 6-D
               SEX OFFENDER GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM ACT
SECTION 169.   SHORT TITLE.
        169-A. DEFINITIONS.
        169-B. ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS.
        169-C. CRIMINAL IMPACT.
        169-D. PETITION FOR RELIEF OR MODIFICATION.
  S 169. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AS AND MAY BE CITED AS
THE "SEX OFFENDER GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM ACT".
  S  169-A.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING DEFI-
NITIONS APPLY:
  1. "ACTIVE TRACKING DEVICE" SHALL MEAN A DEVICE WHICH, WHEN  OPERATING
NORMALLY,  ALLOWS  THE  OFFENDER'S  LOCATION TO BE MONITORED REMOTELY AT
LEAST EVERY TWO MINUTES.
  2. "PASSIVE TRACKING DEVICE" SHALL MEAN A DEVICE WHICH, WHEN OPERATING
NORMALLY, KEEPS A RECORD OF THE LOCATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL AT LEAST  ONCE
EVERY TWO MINUTES.
  3.  "COMMUNICATE"  SHALL  MEAN  (A) FOR A PASSIVE TRACKING DEVICE, THE
ABILITY TO RECORD THE LOCATION OF THE OFFENDER AND  THE  DOWNLOADING  OF
THAT RECORDED INFORMATION AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, OR SUCH
OTHER  INTERVAL  OF  TIME AS REQUIRED BY THE DIVISION, (B) FOR AN ACTIVE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09260-01-1
              

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