Assembly Bill A5522

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the reporting requirements regarding the residence of a 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
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2023-A5522 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-c & 168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7565
2017-2018: A6293
2019-2020: A6724
2021-2022: A5502

2023-A5522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a sex offender must report each address where he or she resides, including any multiple or part-time residences.

2023-A5522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5522
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the correction law, in relation to the residence of a
   sex offender
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 168-c of the correction
 law, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, are amended  to  read
 as follows:
   1.  In  the  case  of  any  sex  offender, it shall be the duty of the
 department, hospital or local correctional facility at least ten  calen-
 dar  days  prior  to the release or discharge of any sex offender from a
 correctional facility, hospital or local correctional facility to notify
 the division of the contemplated release or discharge of such sex offen-
 der, informing the division in writing on a form provided by  the  divi-
 sion  indicating  the  address at which he or she proposes to reside and
 the name and address of any institution of higher education at which  he
 or  she  expects  to  be  enrolled,  attending  or employed, whether for
 compensation or not, and whether he or she resides in or will reside  in
 a  facility  owned or operated by such institution. If such sex offender
 changes his or her place of residence while on parole, such notification
 of the change of residence shall be sent by the  sex  offender's  parole
 officer  within  forty-eight hours to the division on a form provided by
 the division. If such sex offender changes the  status  of  his  or  her
 enrollment,  attendance,  employment  or residence at any institution of
 higher education while on parole, such notification  of  the  change  of
 status  shall be sent by the sex offender's parole officer within forty-
 eight hours to the division on a form provided by the division.  IN  ANY
 CASE,  A  SEX OFFENDER MUST REPORT EACH ADDRESS WHERE HE OR SHE RESIDES,
 INCLUDING ANY MULTIPLE OR PART-TIME RESIDENCES.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01264-01-3
 A. 5522                             2
              

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