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Senate Bill S78

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to sex offender registration of change of address and internet accounts

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2019-S78 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1006
2021-2022: S6505
2023-2024: S980

2019-S78 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sex offender registration of change of address and internet accounts; requires sex offenders to register information no later than three days; requires local law enforcement to submit all change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry.

2019-S78 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S78 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    78
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to sex offender regis-
   tration of change of address and internet accounts

   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] THREE 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,  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.  LOCAL LAW
 ENFORCEMENT SHALL SUBMIT ALL  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS  AND  INTERNET  ACCESS
 PROVIDER FORMS TO THE REGISTRY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05212-01-9

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