Senate Bill S1959A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires certain level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device for life

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1959 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A112
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5713, A9194
2017-2018: S296, A1181

2015-S1959 - Summary

Requires any level three sex offender who has committed a violent crime against a child to wear an electronic monitoring device for life; provides that such sex offender shall bear the cost of such device.

2015-S1959 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1959 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1959

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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 requiring certain
  level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device  for
  life

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b-2) of subdivision 2 of section  168-f  of  the
correction  law,  as  added  by section 2 of part O of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (b-2) If the sex offender has been given a level three designation, he
or she shall personally appear at  the  law  enforcement  agency  having
jurisdiction  within  twenty  days  of  the first anniversary of the sex
offender's initial registration and every  year  thereafter  during  the
period of registration for the purpose of providing a current photograph
of  such  offender. The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall
photograph the sex offender and shall promptly forward a  copy  of  such
photograph  to the division. For purposes of this paragraph, if such sex
offender is confined in a state  or  local  correctional  facility,  the
local  law  enforcement  agency having jurisdiction shall be the warden,
superintendent, sheriff or other person in charge of the state or  local
correctional  facility.  SUCH SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY
VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST A CHILD SHALL WEAR AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE
FOR THE DURATION OF HIS OR HER LIFE. SUCH SEX OFFENDER  SHALL  BEAR  THE
COST OF SUCH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall apply to any level three sex offen-
der  convicted  of  any  violent  crime  against a child on or after the
effective date of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00550-01-5

              

2015-S1959A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A112
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5713, A9194
2017-2018: S296, A1181

2015-S1959A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any level three sex offender who has committed a violent crime against a child to wear an electronic monitoring device for life; provides that such sex offender shall bear the cost of such device.

2015-S1959A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1959A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1959--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
  Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the correction law, in relation to requiring certain
  level three sex offenders to wear an electronic monitoring device  for
  life

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b-2) of subdivision 2 of section  168-f  of  the
correction  law,  as  added  by section 2 of part O of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (b-2) If the sex offender has been given a level three designation, he
or she shall personally appear at  the  law  enforcement  agency  having
jurisdiction  within  twenty  days  of  the first anniversary of the sex
offender's initial registration and every  year  thereafter  during  the
period of registration for the purpose of providing a current photograph
of  such  offender. The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall
photograph the sex offender and shall promptly forward a  copy  of  such
photograph  to the division. For purposes of this paragraph, if such sex
offender is confined in a state  or  local  correctional  facility,  the
local  law  enforcement  agency having jurisdiction shall be the warden,
superintendent, sheriff or other person in charge of the state or  local
correctional  facility.  SUCH SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY
SEXUALLY VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST A CHILD SHALL WEAR AN ELECTRONIC MONITOR-
ING DEVICE FOR THE DURATION OF HIS OR HER LIFE. SUCH SEX OFFENDER  SHALL
BEAR THE COST OF SUCH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall apply to any level three sex offen-
der  convicted of any sexually violent crime against a child on or after
the effective date of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00550-02-5
              

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