Assembly Bill A7509

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to sex offender risk assessment instruments

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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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2019-A7509 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4191
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-d, 168-k, 168-l & 168-n, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9258, S7080
2013-2014: A4591, S3138
2015-2016: A2190, S3097
2017-2018: A1906, S3711
2021-2022: S3096
2023-2024: S4451

2019-A7509 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sex offender risk assessment instruments.

2019-A7509 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7509
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction  law,  in  relation  to  risk  assessment
   instruments for sex offenders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-d of the  correction  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  11  of  the  laws  of  2002, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. For sex offenders released on probation or discharged upon  payment
 of a fine, conditional discharge or unconditional discharge, it shall be
 the  duty  of  the  court  applying  the  guidelines AND RISK ASSESSMENT
 INSTRUMENT established  in  subdivision  five  of  section  one  hundred
 sixty-eight-l  of  this  article  to determine the level of notification
 pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of this
 article and whether such sex offender shall be designated a sexual pred-
 ator, sexually violent offender, or predicate sex offender as defined in
 subdivision seven of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this  article.
 At  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  determination  proceeding, the
 district attorney shall provide to the court  and  the  sex  offender  a
 written  statement  setting  forth  the  determinations  sought  by  the
 district attorney together with the reasons for  seeking  such  determi-
 nations.  The court shall allow the sex offender to appear and be heard.
 The state shall appear by the district attorney, or his or her designee,
 who shall bear the burden of proving the facts supporting  the  determi-
 nations  sought  by  clear  and  convincing evidence.   Where there is a
 dispute between the parties concerning  the  determinations,  the  court
 shall adjourn the hearing as necessary to permit the sex offender or the
 district  attorney  to  obtain  materials relevant to the determinations
 from any state or local facility, hospital, institution, office, agency,
 department or division. Such materials may be obtained  by  subpoena  if
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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