Senate Bill S5342

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits persons required to maintain registration under the sex offender registration act from entering into children's sections of certain 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-S5342 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5987
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L; amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10815
2015-2016: A2940
2017-2018: A5585

2013-S5342 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits persons required to maintain registration under the sex offender registration act from entering into an area or room in a public, association or free library designated as a children's section or designed primarily to serve a population under the age of eighteen.

2013-S5342 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5342 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5342

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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 and the penal law, in relation to
  prohibiting certain persons required to  maintain  registration  under
  the  sex  offender  registration  act  from entering into a children's
  section of a public library

  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. PROHIBITION FROM ENTERING A CHILDREN'S SECTION OF  A  PUBLIC,
ASSOCIATION  OR  FREE LIBRARY. ANY PERSON REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN REGISTRA-
TION UNDER THIS ARTICLE (SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT) AND WHOSE VICTIM
WAS A CHILD SHALL REFRAIN FROM ENTERING INTO OR UPON ANY AREA OR ROOM IN
A PUBLIC, ASSOCIATION OR FREE LIBRARY DESIGNATED AS A CHILDREN'S SECTION
OR DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO SERVE A POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
  S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4-a of section 65.10  of  the  penal
law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  (a)  When  imposing  a  sentence of probation or conditional discharge
upon a person convicted of an offense defined  in  article  one  hundred
thirty, two hundred thirty-five or two hundred sixty-three of this chap-
ter, or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of this chapter, 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  offender
pursuant to subdivision six of section [168-l] ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-L
of the correction law, the court shall require, as a mandatory condition
of  such sentence, that such sentenced offender shall refrain from know-
ingly entering into or upon any school grounds, as that term is  defined

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09753-03-3
              

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