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Assembly Bill A3138

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain persons convicted under article six-C of the correction law from serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education

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2017-A3138 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3822
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, amd §168-t, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6003, S2571
2011-2012: A2086, S1857
2013-2014: A4118, S3309
2015-2016: A5636, S4153
2019-2020: A5516, S3723

2017-A3138 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain persons convicted of article six-C of the correction law from serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central school district or any charter school.

2017-A3138 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 3822                                                  A. 3138
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN,
   LARKIN,  MURPHY,  SEWARD, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime
   and Correction
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  prohibiting  certain
   persons convicted under article six-C of the correction law from serv-
   ing  as  a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of educa-
   tion of any public school in any BOCES, city, union  free,  common  or
   central school district or any charter school
 
   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:
   §  168-W.  PROHIBITION OF SERVING AS A TRUSTEE, PRINCIPAL, OFFICER, OR
 MEMBER OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ANY BOCES,  CITY,
 UNION  FREE, COMMON OR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY CHARTER SCHOOL. NO
 PERSON REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN REGISTRATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE (SEX  OFFEN-
 DER  REGISTRATION ACT) SHALL BE A TRUSTEE, PRINCIPAL, OFFICER, OR MEMBER
 OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ANY BOCES,  CITY,  UNION
 FREE, COMMON OR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY CHARTER SCHOOL.
   § 2. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter 373 of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   §  168-t.  Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify
 pursuant to the provisions of this article  who  fails  to  register  or
 verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this
 article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the
 first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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