Senate Bill S7868

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits sex offenders whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided

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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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2013-S7868 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10169
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-c, Exec L; amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5165
2017-2018: A2605

2013-S7868 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.

2013-S7868 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7868 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7868

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 16, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  penal  law,  in  relation  to
  prohibiting certain convicted sex offenders from knowingly being with-
  in  1,000  feet  of  any  place where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten
  instruction is provided

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  14 of section 259-c of the executive law, as
amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  14. notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  where
a  person  serving  a  sentence  for  an  offense defined in article one
hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-five or two  hundred  sixty-three  of
the  penal  law or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law and
the victim of such offense was under the age of eighteen at the time  of
such offense or such person has been designated a level three sex offen-
der  pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of
the correction law, is released  on  parole  or  conditionally  released
pursuant  to  subdivision  one  or  two of this section, the board shall
require, as a mandatory condition of such release, that  such  sentenced
offender  shall  refrain from knowingly entering into or upon any school
grounds, as that term is defined  in  subdivision  fourteen  of  section
220.00  of the penal law, OR WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF ANY FACILITY OR
INSTITUTION  WHERE  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  OR  KINDERGARTEN  INSTRUCTION   IS
PROVIDED,  or  any  other facility or institution primarily used for the
care or treatment of persons under the age of eighteen while one or more
of such persons under the age of eighteen are present, provided however,
that when such sentenced offender is a registered student or participant
or an employee of such facility or  institution  or  entity  contracting
therewith  or  has a family member enrolled in such facility or institu-
tion, such sentenced offender may, with the written authorization of his
or her parole officer and the superintendent or chief  administrator  of
such  facility, institution or grounds, enter such facility, institution

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

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