Assembly Bill A7409A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Restricts a registered sex offender from residing within 1000 feet of school grounds or a playground

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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A7409 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5000
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-c, 168-d, 168-f, 168-k, 168-n & 203, add §209, Cor L; amd §§259-c & 243, Exec L; amd §10.11, Ment Hyg L; amd §§10.00 & 65.10, Pen L; amd §20, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1665, S1769
2019-2020: A564, S1955
2021-2022: A538, S1778
2023-2024: S1887

2015-A7409 - Summary

Restricts a registered sex offender from residing within 1000 feet of school grounds or a playground.

2015-A7409 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7409

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  the  executive  law,  the  mental
  hygiene law, the penal law and the social services 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. Section 168-c of the correction law is amended by adding  a
new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A.    UPON  NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE OR TWO OF THIS
SECTION, IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE DIVISION  TO  CONFIRM  THAT  A  SEX
OFFENDER'S  PROPOSED  RESIDENCE IS NOT WITHIN THE AREA DEFINED AS SCHOOL
GROUNDS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN  OF  SECTION
220.00  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW, OR A PLAYGROUND, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW,  THE  MEASURE-
MENTS  TO  BE  TAKEN  IN  STRAIGHT LINES FROM THE CENTER OF  THE NEAREST
ENTRANCE OF THE RESIDENCE TO THE NEAREST  REAL  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  LINE
COMPRISING SUCH SCHOOL GROUNDS OR PLAYGROUND.
  S  2.  Subdivisions  2  and  3 of section 168-d of the correction law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 684 of the laws of 2005, and  subdi-
vision  3  as  amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, are amended to
read as follows:
  2. Any sex offender, who is released on probation or  discharged  upon
payment  of  a  fine,  conditional  discharge or unconditional discharge
shall, prior to such release or discharge, be informed  of  his  or  her
duty  to register under this article by the court in which he or she was
convicted. At the time sentence is  imposed,  such  sex  offender  shall
register with the division on a form prepared by the division. The court
shall  require  the  sex  offender  to  read  and  sign such form and to
complete the registration portion of such form. The court shall on  such
form  obtain  the  address where the sex offender expects to reside upon

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10616-04-5
              

2015-A7409A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5000
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-c, 168-d, 168-f, 168-k, 168-n & 203, add §209, Cor L; amd §§259-c & 243, Exec L; amd §10.11, Ment Hyg L; amd §§10.00 & 65.10, Pen L; amd §20, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1665, S1769
2019-2020: A564, S1955
2021-2022: A538, S1778
2023-2024: S1887

2015-A7409A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts a registered sex offender from residing within 1000 feet of school grounds or a playground.

2015-A7409A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7409--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on  Correction
  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law,  the executive law, the mental
  hygiene law, the penal law and the social services 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. Section 168-c of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A.  UPON NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE OR  TWO  OF  THIS
SECTION,  IT  SHALL  BE  THE  DUTY OF THE DIVISION TO CONFIRM THAT A SEX
OFFENDER'S PROPOSED RESIDENCE IS NOT WITHIN THE AREA DEFINED  AS  SCHOOL
GROUNDS,  AS  SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION
220.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR A PLAYGROUND, AS SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN
SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-TWO  OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, THE MEASURE-
MENTS TO BE TAKEN IN STRAIGHT LINES FROM THE  CENTER  OF    THE  NEAREST
ENTRANCE  OF  THE  RESIDENCE  TO THE NEAREST REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE
COMPRISING SUCH SCHOOL GROUNDS OR PLAYGROUND.
  S 2. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section  168-d  of  the  correction  law,
subdivision  2 as amended by chapter 684 of the laws of 2005, and subdi-
vision 3 as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002,  are  amended  to
read as follows:
  2.  Any  sex offender, who is released on probation or discharged upon
payment of a fine,  conditional  discharge  or  unconditional  discharge
shall,  prior  to  such  release or discharge, be informed of his or her
duty to register under this article by the court in which he or she  was
convicted.  At  the  time  sentence  is imposed, such sex offender shall
register with the division on a form prepared by the division. The court

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10616-06-6
              

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