Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.

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S512A-2011 Actions

• May 2, 2012: referred to correction
• May 1, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 1, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 22, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 21, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 20, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.431
• Jan 13, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 512A
• Jan 13, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

S512A-2011 Meetings

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction: Mar 20, 2012

S512A-2011 Calendars

Active List: May 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 27, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 28, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 29, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 17, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 18, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 25, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 1, 2012

S512A-2011 Votes

S512A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S512A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the correction law, in relation to the employment address of
sex offenders

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To authorize law enforcement to disseminate a Level 2 sex offenders
place of employment address to vulnerable populations.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends Section 168-f (4) of correction Law to require a sex
offender to notify DCJS within 10 days of any change in employment
address.

Section 2: Amends Section 168-l (6-b) of Correction Law to authorize
appropriate law enforcement to release a Level 2 sex offender's exact
address and address of the offender's place of employment to
vulnerable populations.

Section 3: Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2006 added moderate-risk Level 2 sex
offenders (in addition to current law's high-risk Level 3's) to the
Internet Sex Offender Subdirectory maintained by the Division of
Criminal Justice Services. When accessing this website, in addition
to a Level 2 sex offender's picture, the concerned public can now
obtain a Level 2 sex offender's exact home address and place of
employment address. However, the 2006 law failed to provide law
enforcement the authority to provide this essential information when
notifying vulnerable populations of a Level 2 sex offender's presence
in their communities. Under current law, law enforcement may only
provide a Level 2's zip code and is prohibited from releasing such
offender's employment address. This bill corrects this discrepancy by
making the same identifying information pertaining to Level 2 sex
offenders that is available to the general public through DCJS's
website available to law enforcement for dissemination purposes.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2007: A.5415 02/15/07 Referred to Correction 01/09/08 Referred to
Correction 05/20/08 Held for Consideration in Correction
S.7492/A.985 2009-10 Referred to Crime Victims, Crime & Corrections

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S512A-2011 Text

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

                                   512--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens. MAZIARZ, JOHNSON, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered
    printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Crime
    Victims, Crime and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime
    Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
    --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
    and recommitted to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  the  employment
    address of sex offenders

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


    Section 1.  Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the correction  law,  as
  amended  by  chapter  67  of  the  laws  of  2008, is amended to read as
  follows:

    4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
  calendar days after any change of  address,  ANY  CHANGE  IN  EMPLOYMENT
  ADDRESS,  internet  accounts with internet access providers belonging to
  such offender, internet identifiers that such offender uses, or  his  or
  her  status  of  enrollment,  attendance, employment or residence at any
  institution of higher education. A fee of ten dollars, as authorized  by
  subdivision  eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of this article,
  shall be submitted by the sex offender each time such offender registers
  any change of address or any change of his or her status of  enrollment,
  attendance,  employment or residence at any institution of higher educa-
  tion. Any failure or omission to  submit  the  required  fee  shall  not
  affect the acceptance by the division of the change of address or change
  of status.
    S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 168-l of the correction
  law,  as  amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
  as follows:


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01268-02-2

 S. 512--A                           2

    (b) If the risk of repeat offense is moderate, a level two designation
  shall be given to such sex offender. In such case  the  law  enforcement
  agency or agencies having jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or
  agencies  having  had  jurisdiction at the time of his or her conviction
  shall  be  notified and may disseminate relevant information which shall
  include a photograph and description  of  the  offender  and  which  may
  include  the  exact name and any aliases used by the sex offender, exact
  address, ADDRESS OF  THE  OFFENDER'S  PLACE  OF  EMPLOYMENT,  background
  information including the offender's crime of conviction, mode of opera-
  tion,  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 the description of special conditions imposed on
  the  offender  to  any entity with vulnerable populations related to the
  nature of the offense committed by such sex offender. Any entity receiv-
  ing information on a sex offender may disclose  or  further  disseminate
  such  information  at  its  discretion.  In  addition, in such case, the
  information described herein shall also be provided in the  subdirectory
  established  in  this article and notwithstanding any other provision of
  law, such information shall, upon request,  be  made  available  to  the
  public.
    Such  law  enforcement  agencies  shall compile, maintain and update a
  listing of vulnerable organizational entities within  its  jurisdiction.
  Such listing shall be utilized for notification of such organizations in
  disseminating  such  information  on level two sex offenders pursuant to
  this paragraph. Such listing  shall  include  and  not  be  limited  to:

  superintendents  of  schools or chief school administrators, superinten-
  dents of parks, public and private libraries, public and private  school
  bus  transportation  companies,  day care centers, nursery schools, pre-
  schools, neighborhood watch groups,  community  centers,  civic  associ-
  ations, nursing homes, victim's advocacy groups and places of worship.
    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
  have become a law.