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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to correction |
Feb 08, 2021 | referred to correction |
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A4782 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4782 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. B. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to custody and visita- tion rights of a sex offender 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 renumbered section 168-x and a new section 168-w is added to read as follows: § 168-W. CUSTODY AND VISITATION RIGHTS. 1. ANY SEX OFFENDER DESIGNATED AS A SEXUAL PREDATOR, OR A SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDER, OR CLASSIFIED AS A LEVEL THREE RISK, FOR A CRIME INVOLVING A CHILD SHALL BE, EXCEPT IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, PROHIBITED FROM BEING GRANTED BY A COURT PHYSICAL OR LEGAL CUSTODY OF, OR UNSUPERVISED VISITATION WITH, A CHILD. 2. ANY SEX OFFENDER CLASSIFIED AS A LEVEL THREE RISK SHALL BE PRESUMED TO BE INELIGIBLE TO BE GRANTED PHYSICAL OR LEGAL CUSTODY OF, OR UNSUPER- VISED VISITATION WITH, A CHILD, AND A COURT SHALL GRANT PHYSICAL OR LEGAL CUSTODY OF, OR UNSUPERVISED VISITATION WITH, A CHILD ONLY IF THE SEX OFFENDER HAS PROVIDED CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT GRANTING SUCH CUSTODY OR VISITATION WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05583-02-1