Assembly Bill A8502

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that information on a sex offender from another state who has not been assigned a risk level in this state, may be disclosed as if he or she was a level 2 sex offender

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A8502 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6548
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-k, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1233

2017-A8502 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that information on a sex offender from another state who has not been assigned a risk level in this state, may be disclosed as if he or she was a level 2 sex offender.

2017-A8502 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8502
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law,  in  relation  to  dissemination  of
   information  on  sex  offenders  from  another state who have not been
   assigned a risk level in this state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2 of section 168-k of the correction law, as
 amended by chapter 684 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  division  shall  advise  the  board that the sex offender has
 established residence in this state. The board shall  determine  whether
 the  sex  offender  is  required to register with the division. If it is
 determined that the sex offender is required to register,  the  division
 shall  notify the sex offender of his or her duty to register under this
 article and shall require the sex offender to sign  a  form  as  may  be
 required by the division acknowledging that the duty to register and the
 procedure  for  registration has been explained to the sex offender. The
 division shall obtain on such form the address where  the  sex  offender
 expects to reside within the state and the sex offender shall retain one
 copy of the form and send two copies to the division which shall provide
 the  information to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where
 the sex offender expects to reside within this state.  IF THE SEX OFFEN-
 DER HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN A RISK  LEVEL  DESIGNATION  IN  THIS  STATE,  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  DISSEMINATING  RELEVANT INFORMATION AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS
 THE SEX OFFENDER HAS RECEIVED A RISK  LEVEL  DESIGNATION  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THIS  SECTION,  THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION AND
 THE DIVISION MAY DISSEMINATE RELEVANT INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
 SIXTY-EIGHT-L,  SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-P AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-Q OF THIS ARTICLE. WHEN THE SEX OFFENDER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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