Senate Bill S833

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing

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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-S833 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A978
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§168-f & 168-t, Cor L; amd §65.10, Pen L; amd §259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4560
2013-2014: S1020, A3818
2017-2018: S1009
2019-2020: S79
2021-2022: S5986
2023-2024: S978

2015-S833 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing.

2015-S833 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S833 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   833

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 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, the penal law and the executive law,
  in  relation  to  prohibiting level three sex offenders from living in
  college housing

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the
correction law, as amended by chapter  532  of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (b-1)  If  the sex offender has been given a level two or three desig-
nation, such offender shall sign the verification form, and  state  that
he  or  she  still is employed at the address last reported to the divi-
sion.  IF A SEX OFFENDER HAS BEEN GIVEN A LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION,  SUCH
OFFENDER SHALL NOT RESIDE IN STUDENT HOUSING OF ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGH-
ER EDUCATION.
  S 2. Section 168-t of the correction law, as amended by chapter 373 of
the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  S  168-t.  Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify
pursuant to the provisions of this article  who  fails  to  register  or
verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this
article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the
first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense
shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the
provisions  of  section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article OR THE
PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ONE  HUNDRED
SIXTY-EIGHT-F  OF THIS ARTICLE CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION ON RESIDING IN
STUDENT HOUSING OF ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION shall  be  guilty
of a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the first offense, and upon

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

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