NY State Senate Bill 2009-S2889

Senate Bill S2889

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires certain hotels or motels to notify potential customers that there are registered sex offenders staying on the premises

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Mar 05, 2009	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

2009-S2889 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §168-c, Cor L

2009-S2889 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hotels or motels receiving money from the state to house registered sex offenders to notify potential customers that there are registered sex offenders staying on the premises.

2009-S2889 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2889

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring hotels or
motels receiving money from the state to house registered sex
offenders to notify potential customers that there are registered sex
offenders staying on the premises


 PURPOSE :
The purpose of the law is to inform customers that there are sex
offenders living in hotel/motels. Patrons have the right to know when
making reservations or at the time they walk into a hotel/motel that
sex offenders are being housed on the premise.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 168-c of the correction law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5 which states in the case of any sex offender residing in
a hotel or motel contracting with the state or county shall be
required to post a sign in a prominent and visible area behind the
registration desk. If a reservation is being made via e-mail or by
telephone, the customer shall be informed that a registered sex
offender is residing on the premise.

Section 2 states this act shall take effect on the one hundred
twentieth day after it shall have become law.

 EXISTING LAW :
This is a new bill.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Many families while on vacation stay at hotels/motels.  In some cases,
sex offenders are being housed there by the state or county without
other guests being made aware.  At these recreational facilities there
are often times when parents feel safe and may allow their children to
roam to the pool, go down the hall to get a bucket of ice, or go to
the game room unattended, not suspecting that sex offenders are being
housed there.

Unfortunately, unsuspecting children are at risk of falling prey to
these sex offenders. For the safety of the parents and children, it
should be made public knowledge by the hotel/motel that sex offenders
are staying on the premise. Knowledge is an important tool for parents
to effectively safeguard their children from danger.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
S.821 of 2007/2008 - Died on 3rd Reading Calendar.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become law.

2009-S2889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2889

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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 requiring hotels or
  motels receiving money from the state to house registered  sex  offen-
  ders  to  notify  potential  customers  that  there are registered sex
  offenders staying on the premises

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

  Section  1. Section 168-c of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. IN THE CASE OF ANY SEX OFFENDER WHOSE RESIDENCE IS A HOTEL OR MOTEL
CONTRACTING WITH THE STATE OR A COUNTY TO HOUSE  REGISTERED  SEX  OFFEN-
DERS,  SUCH  HOTEL OR MOTEL SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONSPICUOUSLY POST IN A
PROMINENT AND VISIBLE AREA BEHIND THE REGISTRATION DESK A  SIGN,  IN  AT
LEAST  THIRTY-SIX  POINT PRINT, INFORMING POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT THERE
IS ONE OR MORE REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS STAYING ON THE  PREMISES.  IF  A
CUSTOMER  IS  MAKING  A  RESERVATION VIA THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE AT
SUCH A HOTEL OR MOTEL, IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE  HOTEL  OR  MOTEL  TO
INFORM  THE  CUSTOMER  AT SUCH TIME THAT THERE IS ONE OR MORE REGISTERED
SEX OFFENDERS STAYING ON THE PREMISES.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SUBDI-
VISION,  "HOTEL  OR  MOTEL"  SHALL  MEAN ANY SHELTER, HOTEL OR MOTEL, OR
OTHER LOCATION WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR IS OPEN TO THOSE  IN  NEED
OF  SUCH  RESIDENCE  BECAUSE  OF SUCH PERSON'S LACK OF OTHER RESIDENTIAL
LIVING SPACE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10021-01-9

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