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Assembly Bill A3915A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to law enforcement agencies reporting sex offender changes of address to the division of criminal justice services

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2017-A3915 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3037
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1930, S7960
2021-2022: A2225, S2222
2023-2024: A2834, S750
2025-2026: S2468

2017-A3915 - Summary

Requires law enforcement agencies to report sex offender changes of address within five business days to the division of criminal justice services.

2017-A3915 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3915
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ZEBROWSKI, SKOUFIS, JAFFEE, OTIS, SIMANOWITZ,
   ROSENTHAL, TITONE, COLTON, McDONALD,  GALEF,  M. G. MILLER,  BUCHWALD,
   MONTESANO, RAIA, BRABENEC, CROUCH, GRAF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A.  ABBATE,  HEVESI,  LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, THIELE -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to reporting sex  offen-
   der changes of address to the division of criminal justice services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the  correction  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  67  of  the  laws  of  2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
 calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts with inter-
 net access providers belonging to such  offender,  internet  identifiers
 that such offender uses, or his or her status of enrollment, attendance,
 employment  or  residence at any institution of higher education. IF ANY
 SEX OFFENDER SUBMITS A CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, OR
 IF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FACILITATES THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS  FOR  SUCH
 SEX  OFFENDER,  THE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL, WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS
 DAYS, FORWARD THE CHANGE OF  ADDRESS  FORM  TO  THE  DIVISION.  THE  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  SHALL  PROVIDE  A COPY OF THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE
 OFFENDER AND RETAIN A COPY FOR ITS RECORDS. A fee  of  ten  dollars,  as
 authorized  by subdivision eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of
 this article, shall be submitted by the  sex  offender  each  time  such
 offender  registers  any  change  of address or any change of his or her
 status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any  insti-
 tution  of  higher  education.  Any  failure  or  omission to submit the
 required fee shall not affect the acceptance  by  the  division  of  the
 change of address or change of status.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A3915A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3037
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1930, S7960
2021-2022: A2225, S2222
2023-2024: A2834, S750
2025-2026: S2468

2017-A3915A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires law enforcement agencies to report sex offender changes of address within five business days to the division of criminal justice services.

2017-A3915A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3915--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ZEBROWSKI, SKOUFIS, JAFFEE, OTIS, SIMANOWITZ,
   ROSENTHAL, TITONE, COLTON, McDONALD,  GALEF,  M. G. MILLER,  BUCHWALD,
   MONTESANO, RAIA, BRABENEC, CROUCH, GRAF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A.  ABBATE,  HEVESI,  LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, THIELE -- read
   once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Correction  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to reporting sex offen-
   der changes of address to the division of criminal justice services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as
 amended by chapter 67 of the  laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Any  sex  offender  shall  register  with  the  division, OR A LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION, no later than ten calendar  days
 after  any  change  of  address,  internet accounts with internet access
 providers belonging to such offender,  internet  identifiers  that  such
 offender  uses,  or his or her status of enrollment, attendance, employ-
 ment or residence at any institution of higher  education.  IF  ANY  SEX
 OFFENDER  SUBMITS  A  CHANGE OF ADDRESS, INTERNET ACCOUNTS WITH INTERNET
 ACCESS PROVIDERS BELONGING TO SUCH OFFENDER, INTERNET  IDENTIFIERS  THAT
 SUCH  OFFENDER  USES,  OR  HIS  OR HER STATUS OF ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE,
 EMPLOYMENT OR RESIDENCE AT ANY INSTITUTION OR HIGHER EDUCATION TO A  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  HAVING  JURISDICTION,  THE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
 SHALL, WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS, FORWARD THE FORM TO THE DIVISION.  THE
 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE
 OFFENDER  AND  RETAIN  A  COPY FOR ITS RECORDS. A fee of ten dollars, as
 authorized by subdivision eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b  of
 this  article,  shall  be  submitted  by the sex offender each time such
 offender registers any change of address or any change  of  his  or  her
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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