S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7533--A
I N S E N A T E
January 22, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law and the executive law, in relation to
protecting communities from oversaturation of sex offenders
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 168-b of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
13. WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER A RESIDENCE FOR A SEX OFFENDER IS
ACCEPTABLE, THE DIVISION SHALL CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF SEX OFFENDERS
ALREADY RESIDING IN THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY. IN ITS CONSIDERATION, THE
DIVISION MUST COMPARE THE NUMBER OF SEX OFFENDERS IN THE PROPOSED COMMU-
NITY TO THE NUMBER OF SEX OFFENDERS RESIDING IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES,
SO THAT NO VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, OR COUNTY BEARS A DISPROPORTIONATE
REPRESENTATION OF SEX OFFENDERS AND THE ACCOMPANYING RISK OF RE-OFFENS-
ES. IF THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY HAS A DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION OF
SEX OFFENDERS COMPARED TO SURROUNDING VILLAGES, TOWNS, CITIES, OR COUN-
TIES, THE DIVISION MAY DENY THE SEX OFFENDER'S PROPOSED RESIDENCY ON
THIS BASIS. ANY SEX OFFENDER SHALL NOTIFY THE DIVISION AT LEAST THIRTY
DAYS PRIOR TO A CHANGE IN RESIDENCY AND INFORM THE DIVISION OF THE
ADDRESS WHERE THE SEX OFFENDER INTENDS TO RESIDE. IN THE EVENT THAT A
SEX OFFENDER IS DENIED RESIDENCY PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DIVI-
SION SHALL REFER SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE, WHICH
WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES IN SURROUNDING VILLAGES,
TOWNS, CITIES, OR COUNTIES, DEPENDING ON THE DIVISION'S BASIS FOR
DENIAL, IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY, WHICH SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY CITY
WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 168-b of the correction
law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13906-05-8
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(a) The sex offender's name, all aliases used, date of birth, sex,
race, height, weight, eye color, driver's license number, home address
and/or expected place of domicile, ANY REQUESTED PLACES OF RESIDENCE,
any internet accounts with internet access providers belonging to such
offender and internet identifiers that such offender uses.
§ 3. Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 168-f of the correction law,
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 1999 and subdivi-
sion 4 as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read
as follows:
1. Any sex offender shall, EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN
OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-B OF THIS ARTICLE, (a) at least ten
calendar days prior to discharge, parole, release to post-release super-
vision or release from any state or local correctional facility, hospi-
tal or institution where he or she was confined or committed, or, (b) at
the time sentence is imposed for any sex offender released on probation
or discharged upon payment of a fine, conditional discharge or uncondi-
tional discharge, register with the division on a form prepared by the
division.
4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than
[ten] THIRTY calendar days [after] PRIOR TO any change of address[,] AND
NO LATER THAN TEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE TO 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 of higher educa-
tion. 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 institution 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.
§ 4. Subdivision 1 of section 168-q of the correction law, as amended
by chapter 462 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
1. The division shall maintain a subdirectory of level two and three
sex offenders. The subdirectory shall include the exact address, address
of the offender's place of employment and photograph of the sex offender
along with the following information, if available: name, physical
description, age and distinctive markings. Background information
including all of the sex offender's crimes of conviction that require
him or her to register pursuant to this article, modus of operation,
type of victim targeted, the name and address of any institution of
higher education at which the sex offender is enrolled, attends, is
employed or resides and a description of special conditions imposed on
the sex offender shall also be included. The subdirectory shall have sex
offender listings categorized by county and zip code. THE DIVISION SHALL
MONITOR THE NUMBER OF SEX OFFENDERS IN EACH VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, AND
COUNTY TO ENABLE DETERMINATION OF RELATIVE DENSITIES COMPARED TO
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-B OF THIS ARTICLE. Such subdirectory shall be made
available at all times on the internet via the division homepage. Any
person may apply to the division to receive automated e-mail notifica-
tions whenever a new or updated subdirectory registration occurs in a
geographic area specified by such person. The division shall furnish
such service at no charge to such person, who shall request e-mail
notification by county and/or zip code on forms developed and provided
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by the division. E-mail notification is limited to three geographic
areas per e-mail account.
§ 5. Section 259-c of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES
TO COMPILE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS TO PROVIDE SEX OFFENDERS
WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE DENIED HOUSING PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIR-
TEEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-B OF THE CORRECTION LAW;
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.