Bill Text: NY A05690 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits persons required to maintain registration under the sex offender registration act from entering into a children's section of a public library.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to correction [A05690 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05690-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5690 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 5, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law and the penal law, in relation to prohibiting persons required to maintain registration under the sex offender registration act from entering into a children's section of a public library THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap- 2 ter 604 of the laws of 2005, is relettered section 168-x and a new 3 section 168-w is added to read as follows: 4 S 168-W. PROHIBITION FROM ENTERING A CHILDREN'S SECTION OF A PUBLIC 5 LIBRARY. ANY PERSON REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN REGISTRATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE 6 (SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT) SHALL REFRAIN FROM ENTERING INTO OR UPON 7 ANY AREA OR ROOM IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY DESIGNATED AS A CHILDREN'S SECTION. 8 S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4-a of section 65.10 of the penal 9 law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 (a) When imposing a sentence of probation or conditional discharge 12 upon a person convicted of an offense defined in article one hundred 13 thirty, two hundred thirty-five or two hundred sixty-three of this chap- 14 ter, or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of this chapter, and the victim 15 of such offense was under the age of eighteen at the time of such 16 offense or such person has been designated a level three sex offender 17 pursuant to subdivision six of section 168-l of the correction law, the 18 court shall require, as a mandatory condition of such sentence, that 19 such sentenced offender shall refrain from knowingly entering into or 20 upon any school grounds, as that term is defined in subdivision fourteen 21 of section 220.00 of this chapter, OR ANY AREA OR ROOM OF A PUBLIC 22 LIBRARY DESIGNATED AS A CHILDREN'S SECTION, or any other facility or 23 institution primarily used for the care or treatment of persons under EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00233-01-3 A. 5690 2 1 the age of eighteen while one or more of such persons under the age of 2 eighteen are present, provided however, that when such sentenced offen- 3 der is a registered student or participant or an employee of such facil- 4 ity or institution or entity contracting therewith or has a family 5 member enrolled in such facility or institution, such sentenced offender 6 may, with the written authorization of his or her probation officer or 7 the court and the superintendent or chief administrator of such facili- 8 ty, institution or grounds, enter such facility, institution or upon 9 such grounds for the limited purposes authorized by the probation offi- 10 cer or the court and superintendent or chief officer. Nothing in this 11 subdivision shall be construed as restricting any lawful condition of 12 supervision that may be imposed on such sentenced offender. 13 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.