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Assembly Bill A4458

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires registered sex offenders to wear an electronic tagging device

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2017-A4458 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7525
2011-2012: A1020
2013-2014: A3225
2015-2016: A8473
2019-2020: A3740

2017-A4458 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires registered sex offenders to wear an electronic tagging device.

2017-A4458 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4458
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring  registered
   sex offenders to wear electronic tagging devices
 
   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.  WEARING OF ELECTRONIC TAGGING DEVICES. 1. ANY PERSON WHO IS
 REQUIRED TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED  TO
 WEAR  AN  ELECTRONIC  TAGGING  DEVICE.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN
 ELECTRONIC TAGGING DEVICE MEANS A DEVICE, WORN BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  THAT
 TRANSMITS  A  SIGNAL  AND  ENABLES  ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO MONITOR,
 TRACK, AND/OR PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WEARING THE DEVICE
 THROUGH THE RECEPTION OF THAT SIGNAL.
   2. AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT TAMPER WITH HIS  OR  HER  ELECTRONIC  TAGGING
 DEVICE IN ANY WAY, NOR MAY THEY ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON TO TAMPER WITH SUCH
 DEVICE.  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  CAUGHT TAMPERING WITH AN ELECTRONIC TAGGING
 DEVICE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
 person  who  is  required  to  register  pursuant  to article 6-C of the
 correction law on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08964-01-7

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