Senate Bill S2459

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that certain sex offenders who are released on parole or sentenced to probation may not enter public, association or free libraries

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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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2013-S2459 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-c, Exec L; amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S728
2011-2012: S3744
2015-2016: S4514
2017-2018: S6189
2019-2020: S2586
2021-2022: S4571
2023-2024: S3085

2013-S2459 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain sex offenders who are released on parole may not enter public, association or free libraries.

2013-S2459 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2459 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2459

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LANZA, GALLIVAN -- 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  executive law and the penal law, in relation to
  preventing certain  sex  offenders  who  are  released  on  parole  or
  sentenced  to  probation  from  entering  public,  association or free
  libraries

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  14 of section 259-c of the executive law, as
amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  14. notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  where
a  person  serving  a  sentence  for  an  offense defined in article one
hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-five or two  hundred  sixty-three  of
the  penal  law or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law and
the victim of such offense was under the age of eighteen at the time  of
such offense or such person has been designated a level three sex offen-
der  pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of
the correction law, is released  on  parole  or  conditionally  released
pursuant  to  subdivision  one  or  two of this section, the board shall
require, as a mandatory condition of such release, that  such  sentenced
offender  shall  refrain from knowingly entering into or upon any school
grounds, as that term is defined  in  subdivision  fourteen  of  section
220.00  of  the penal law, OR ANY PUBLIC LIBRARY, ASSOCIATION LIBRARY OR
FREE LIBRARY, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
FIFTY-THREE  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW, or any other facility or institution
primarily used for the care or treatment of persons  under  the  age  of
eighteen while one or more of such persons under the age of eighteen are
present, provided however, that when such sentenced offender is a regis-
tered student or participant or an employee of such facility or institu-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05456-01-3
              

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