Senate Bill S2509

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a class D felony for sex offenders who fail to register or verify and is found at locations where children often frequent

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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-S2509 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3784
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง168-t, Cor L

2009-S2509 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a class D felony for sex offenders who fail to register or verify and is found at locations where children often frequent, including parks, schools, day care centers, libraries or amusement parks.

2009-S2509 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2509 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2509

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  MAZIARZ  --  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 establishing a class
  D felony for sex offenders who fail to  register  or  verify  and  are
  found at locations where children often frequent

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

  Section 1. 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. 1. Any sex offender required to register or to veri-
fy  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 shall be
guilty of a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the  first  offense,
and  upon  conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty
of a class D felony.
  2. 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 HEREIN AND WHO LOITERS AT
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, SCHOOLS, CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS,  LIBRARIES,  AMUSE-
MENT PARKS OR ANY OTHER LOCATION THAT CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO FREQUENT AT
A  TIME WHEN CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY PRESENT, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS D
FELONY.
  3. Any such failure to register or verify may also be  the  basis  for
revocation of parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-i of the
executive law or the basis for revocation of probation pursuant to arti-
cle four hundred ten of the criminal procedure law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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