Senate Bill S4581

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that any person who knowingly harbors, houses or employs a defaulting sex offender and who fails to contact law enforcement regarding the offender is guilty of a class A misdemeanor

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

  • 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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2009-S4581 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง168-ii, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3220
2013-2014: S1437
2015-2016: S869
2017-2018: S2595
2019-2020: S3958

2009-S4581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any person who knowingly harbors, houses or employs a sex offender who has failed to register or verify address and employment, and who fails to contact his or her local law enforcement agency regarding such sex offender is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

2009-S4581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4581

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  C. JOHNSON  -- 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, in relation to knowingly harboring a
  sex offender who has failed to register or verify

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

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section  168-
ii to read as follows:
  S  168-II.  FAILURE  TO  NOTIFY;  PENALTY.  ANY  PERSON  WHO KNOWINGLY
HARBORS, HOUSES OR EMPLOYS A SEX OFFENDER REQUIRED  TO  REGISTER  OR  TO
VERIFY  RESIDENCE OR EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTI-
CLE WHO HAS FAILED TO REGISTER OR TO VERIFY AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND  WHO
FAILS  TO NOTIFY HIS OR HER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE LOCATION
OF SUCH SEX OFFENDER, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11302-01-9

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