Bill Text: NY A02225 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires law enforcement agencies to report sex offender changes of address within five business days to the division of criminal justice services.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to correction [A02225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02225-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2225

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, GALEF,
          WEPRIN, MONTESANO, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE,
          HEVESI,  LUPARDO,  McDONOUGH,  THIELE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to reporting sex  offen-
          der changes of address to the division of criminal justice services

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the  correction  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  67  of  the  laws  of  2008, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. Any sex offender  shall  register  with  the  division,  or  a  law
     5  enforcement  agency having jurisdiction, no later than ten calendar days
     6  after any change of address,  internet  accounts  with  internet  access
     7  providers  belonging  to  such  offender, internet identifiers that such
     8  offender uses, or his or her status of enrollment,  attendance,  employ-
     9  ment  or  residence  at  any institution of higher education. If any sex
    10  offender submits a change of address, internet  accounts  with  internet
    11  access  providers  belonging to such offender, internet identifiers that
    12  such offender uses, or his or  her  status  of  enrollment,  attendance,
    13  employment  or residence at any institution or higher education to a law
    14  enforcement agency  having  jurisdiction,  the  law  enforcement  agency
    15  shall,  within five business days, forward the form to the division. The
    16  law enforcement agency shall provide a copy of the completed form to the
    17  offender and retain a copy for its records. A fee  of  ten  dollars,  as
    18  authorized  by subdivision eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of
    19  this article, shall be submitted by the  sex  offender  each  time  such
    20  offender  registers  any  change  of address or any change of his or her
    21  status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any  insti-
    22  tution  of  higher  education.  Any  failure  or  omission to submit the
    23  required fee shall not affect the acceptance  by  the  division  of  the
    24  change of address or change of status.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06010-01-1