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Assembly Bill A9579

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Makes it a class E felony for a sex offender to submit fraudulent information regarding his or her identity or residence when registering or verifying

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2011-A9579 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1927
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S794
2013-2014: S3532

2011-A9579 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes it a class E felony for a sex offender to submit fraudulent information regarding his or her identity or residence when registering or verifying under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Megan's Law).

2011-A9579 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9579

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, COLTON, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, M. MILLER,
  PAULIN, REILLY, P. RIVERA, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG,  ZEBROWSKI  --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.  ABBATE, DenDEKKER, HIKIND, MARKEY, PERRY,
  STEVENSON, THIELE, TITONE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the penalty for a sex
  offender submitting fraudulent information respecting his or her iden-
  tity or residence or both, when registering or verifying such informa-
  tion pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act

  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.  SUBMISSION OF FRAUDULENT INFORMATION RESPECTING IDENTITY OR
RESIDENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION OR VERIFICATION; PENALTY.  ANY
SEX  OFFENDER  REQUIRED  TO  REGISTER  OR  TO  VERIFY  PURSUANT  TO  THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE WHO, WITH FRAUDULENT  INTENT,  SUBMITS  FALSE
INFORMATION RESPECTING HIS OR HER IDENTITY OR RESIDENCE OR BOTH, FOR THE
PURPOSE  OF, OR IN THE COURSE OF, SATISFYING HIS OR HER DUTY TO REGISTER
OR TO VERIFY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE GUILTY
OF A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
information submitted by a sex offender on or after such effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06287-01-1

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