Assembly Bill A6166

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires website providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment

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  • 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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2013-A6166 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4165
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง168-q, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S621
2011-2012: S5288
2015-2016: S3811
2017-2018: S4059
2019-2020: S388
2021-2022: S5412
2023-2024: S4296

2013-A6166 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires websites providing sex offender registry information to be searchable by the zip code of a registrant's employment.

2013-A6166 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6166

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 15, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CUSICK, SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to information contained
  in the sex offender registry

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 168-q of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 532 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  The  division shall maintain a subdirectory of level two and three
sex offenders. The subdirectory shall include the exact address, address
of the offender's place of employment and photograph of the sex offender
along with the  following  information,  if  available:  name,  physical
description,   age  and  distinctive  markings.  Background  information
including the sex offender's crime of conviction,  modus  of  operation,
type  of  victim  targeted,  the  name and address of any institution of
higher education at which the sex  offender  is  enrolled,  attends,  is
employed  or  resides and a description of special conditions imposed on
the sex offender shall also be included. The subdirectory shall have sex
offender listings categorized by county and zip code. Such  subdirectory
shall  be  made  available at all times on the internet via the division
homepage.   THE INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN  THE  SUBDIRECTORY  SHALL  BE
SEARCHABLE  VIA  THE  INTERNET  BY  THE ZIP CODE FOR BOTH THE OFFENDER'S
RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND HIS OR HER PLACE OF  EMPLOYMENT.  Any  person  may
apply to the division to receive automated e-mail notifications whenever
a  new  or updated subdirectory registration occurs in a geographic area
specified by such person. The division shall furnish such service at  no
charge  to  such person, who shall request e-mail notification by county
and/or zip code on forms developed and provided by the division.  E-mail
notification is limited to three geographic areas per e-mail account.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

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

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