Senate Bill S6073

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires sex offenders who fail to register or verify twice or more to wear a location-tracking device

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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-S6073 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1115
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-t, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2630
2013-2014: S3919, A2021
2015-2016: S4465, A5888
2017-2018: S3907, A2430
2019-2020: S4736, A3212
2021-2022: S4198
2023-2024: S3278

2011-S6073 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sex offenders who fail to register or verify their registration on two or more occasions to wear a location-tracking device while on probation, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision; failure to wear such device shall be a class D felony and grounds for revocation of parole and probation.

2011-S6073 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6073 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6073

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 requiring sex offen-
  ders who repeatedly fail to register and verify to  wear  a  location-
  transmitting device

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

  Section 1. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by  chapter
373 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  S 168-t. Penalty. 1. Any sex offender required to register or to veri-
fy  pursuant  to the provisions of this article who fails to register or
verify in the manner and within the time periods provided  for  in  this
article  shall  be  guilty  of  a class E felony upon conviction for the
first offense, and upon conviction for a second  or  subsequent  offense
shall  be  guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who violates the
provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article shall be
guilty of a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the  first  offense,
and  upon  conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty
of a class D felony. Any such failure to register or verify may also  be
the  basis  for  revocation  of  parole  pursuant to section two hundred
fifty-nine-i of the  executive  law  or  the  basis  for  revocation  of
probation pursuant to article four hundred ten of the criminal procedure
law.
  2.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN
ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, ANY SEX OFFENDER
FOUND GUILTY OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION ON  TWO  OR  MORE  OCCASIONS
SHALL,  IF  SENTENCED TO PROBATION, BE REQUIRED TO WEAR AT ALL TIMES FOR
THE DURATION OF THE PERIOD OF PROBATION A LOCATION-TRANSMITTING  DEVICE,
AND,  IF  SENTENCED  TO A PERIOD OF IMPRISONMENT, BE REQUIRED TO WEAR AT
ALL TIMES FOR THE DURATION OF ANY PERIOD OF PAROLE, CONDITIONAL  RELEASE
OR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION A LOCATION-TRANSMITTING DEVICE.

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

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