Bill Text: NY S04511 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders from every three years to every year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-11 - referred to correction [S04511 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04511-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4511
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 25, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 in-person appearance
         requirements for level two sex offenders
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraphs  (b-2)  and  (b-3) of subdivision 2 of section
    2  168-f of the correction law, as added by section 2 of part O of  chapter
    3  56 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
    4    (b-2)  If  the  sex offender has been given a level TWO OR LEVEL three
    5  designation, he or she shall personally appear at  the  law  enforcement
    6  agency  having  jurisdiction within twenty days of the first anniversary
    7  of the sex offender's initial registration  and  every  year  thereafter
    8  during the period of registration for the purpose of providing a current
    9  photograph of such offender. The law enforcement agency having jurisdic-
   10  tion shall photograph the sex offender and shall promptly forward a copy
   11  of  such  photograph to the division. For purposes of this paragraph, if
   12  such sex offender is confined in a state or local correctional facility,
   13  the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall be the  ward-
   14  en,  superintendent,  sheriff  or other person in charge of the state or
   15  local correctional facility.
   16    (b-3) If the sex offender has been given a level one  [or  level  two]
   17  designation,  he  or  she shall personally appear at the law enforcement
   18  agency having jurisdiction within twenty days of the  third  anniversary
   19  of  the sex offender's initial registration and every three years there-
   20  after during the period of registration for the purpose of  providing  a
   21  current  photograph  of such offender. The law enforcement agency having
   22  jurisdiction shall  photograph  the  sex  offender  and  shall  promptly
   23  forward  a copy of such photograph to the division. For purposes of this
   24  paragraph, if such sex offender is confined in a state or local  correc-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01641-01-5
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    1  tional  facility,  the  local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction
    2  shall be the warden, superintendent, sheriff or other person  in  charge
    3  of the state or local correctional facility.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    5  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.