Senate Bill S4165

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires website providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S4165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6166
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S621
2011-2012: S5288
2015-2016: S3811
2017-2018: S4059
2019-2020: S388
2021-2022: S5412
2023-2024: S4296

2013-S4165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires websites providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment.

2013-S4165 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4165

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 information contained
  in the sex offender registry

  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  532  of  the  laws  of 2011, 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. Such subdirectory
shall be made available at all times on the internet  via  the  division
homepage.    THE  INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN  THE  SUBDIRECTORY SHALL BE
SEARCHABLE VIA THE INTERNET BY THE ZIP  CODE  FOR  BOTH  THE  OFFENDER'S
RESIDENCE  ADDRESS  AND  HIS  OR HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Any person may
apply to the division to receive automated e-mail notifications whenever
a new or updated subdirectory registration occurs in a  geographic  area
specified  by such person. The division shall furnish such service at no
charge to such person, who shall request e-mail notification  by  county
and/or  zip code on forms developed and provided by the division. E-mail
notification is limited to three geographic areas per e-mail account.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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