Provides certain information regarding level one sex offenders to the offices of local village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies through a subdirectory made available on the internet via the division homepage.

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S1250-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
• Jan 6, 2011: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

S1250-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1250

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the correction law, in relation to providing certain
information regarding level one sex offenders to the offices of local
village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation seeks to facilitate information related to
level one sex offenders for law enforcement access.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
A new
subdivision is added to section 168-q of the
correction law while the current
subdivision 2 is renumbered to subdivision 3.

JUSTIFICATION:
While information pertaining to level 2 and level 3 sex
offenders is readily available, information on level 1 sex offenders
is harder to come by. This can be detrimental to law enforcement
officers, who, despite having access to some information on level 1
sex offenders, do not have uniform means of searching for that
information.

The law would allow law enforcement to access information that they
already can access, but in one location.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010:  S.7992 - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime & Correction

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it becomes a law.

S1250-2011 Text

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

                                    1250

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               January 6, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 providing certain
    information regarding level one sex offenders to the offices of  local
    village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 168-q of  the  correction  law  is
  renumbered  subdivision  3  and  a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
  follows:

    2. THE DIVISION SHALL MAINTAIN A SEPARATE SUBDIRECTORY  OF  LEVEL  ONE
  SEX OFFENDERS. THE SUBDIRECTORY SHALL INCLUDE THE EXACT ADDRESS, ADDRESS
  OF THE OFFENDER'S PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SEX OFFENDER
  ALONG  WITH  THE  FOLLOWING  INFORMATION,  IF  AVAILABLE: NAME, PHYSICAL
  DESCRIPTION,  AGE  AND  DISTINCTIVE  MARKINGS.  BACKGROUND   INFORMATION
  INCLUDING  THE  SEX  OFFENDER'S CRIME OF CONVICTION, MODUS OF OPERATION,
  TYPE OF VICTIM TARGETED, THE NAME AND  ADDRESS  OF  ANY  INSTITUTION  OF
  HIGHER  EDUCATION  AT  WHICH  THE  SEX OFFENDER IS ENROLLED, ATTENDS, IS
  EMPLOYED OR RESIDES AND A DESCRIPTION OF SPECIAL CONDITIONS  IMPOSED  ON
  THE SEX OFFENDER SHALL ALSO BE INCLUDED. THE SUBDIRECTORY SHALL HAVE SEX
  OFFENDER  LISTINGS  CATEGORIZED  BY  COUNTY  AND ZIP CODE. A COPY OF THE
  SUBDIRECTORY SHALL ANNUALLY BE  DISTRIBUTED  TO  THE  OFFICES  OF  LOCAL
  VILLAGE,  TOWN,  CITY,  COUNTY OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR ANY
  LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE AND SHALL NOT BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE  PUBLIC.
  THE  DIVISION  SHALL  DISTRIBUTE MONTHLY UPDATES TO THE OFFICES OF LOCAL
  VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY,  COUNTY  OR  STATE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  FOR
  PURPOSES  OF PUBLIC ACCESS. SUCH DEPARTMENTS SHALL REQUIRE THAT A PERSON
  IN WRITING PROVIDE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO VIEWING THE SUBDIREC-
  TORY. THE SUBDIRECTORY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE UPDATED
  MONTHLY TO MAINTAIN ITS EFFICIENCY AND USEFULNESS AND SHALL BE  COMPUTER

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD02029-01-1

 S. 1250                             2

  ACCESSIBLE.  SUCH  SUBDIRECTORY  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  ONLY TO THE
  OFFICES OF LOCAL VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, COUNTY OR  STATE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
  AGENCIES AT ALL TIMES ON THE INTERNET VIA THE DIVISION HOMEPAGE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law.