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Assembly Bill A6103

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Restricts a level 3 registered sex offender from residing within 1000 feet of a school

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2015-A6103 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง168-c, 168-f & 168-k, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A2393

2015-A6103 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts a registered sex offender from residing within 1000 feet of a school.

2015-A6103 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6103

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend the correction law, in relation to the residence of a
  level 3 sex offender

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

  Section  1. Section 168-c of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. NO LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER RELEASED OR DISCHARGED FROM A CORRECTION-
AL FACILITY, HOSPITAL  OR  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR  PLACED  ON
PROBATION  SHALL  RESIDE  WITHIN  ONE  THOUSAND  FEET OF A BUILDING USED
EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL OR WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET  OF  ANOTHER  REGIS-
TERED  SEX OFFENDER, THE MEASUREMENTS TO BE TAKEN IN STRAIGHT LINES FROM
THE CENTER OF  THE NEAREST ENTRANCE OF THE RESIDENCE TO  THE  CENTER  OF
THE NEAREST ENTRANCE OF SUCH SCHOOL.
  S  2.  Section  168-f of the correction law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
  4-A. A LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER, AFTER HIS OR  HER  DISCHARGE,  PAROLE  OR
RELEASE  FROM  ANY  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HOSPITAL OR LOCAL FACILITY OR
WHO WAS PLACED ON PROBATION AND WHO HAS ESTABLISHED  A  RESIDENCE  SHALL
NOT  CHANGE SAID RESIDENCE SO AS TO RESIDE WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A
BUILDING USED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL OR WITHIN  ONE  THOUSAND  FEET  OF
ANOTHER  REGISTERED  SEX  OFFENDER,  THE  MEASUREMENTS  TO  BE  TAKEN IN
STRAIGHT LINES FROM THE CENTER OF THE NEAREST ENTRANCE OF THE  RESIDENCE
TO THE CENTER OF THE NEAREST ENTRANCE OF SUCH SCHOOL.
  S  3.  Section  168-k of the correction law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. A LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE IN THIS  STATE
PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT RESIDE WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A
BUILDING USED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL OR WITHIN  ONE  THOUSAND  FEET  OF
ANOTHER  REGISTERED  SEX  OFFENDER,  THE  MEASUREMENTS  TO  BE  TAKEN IN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09716-02-5

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