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                                  7565

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 19, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the  residence  of  a
  sex offender

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 168-c of the  correction
law,  as  amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read
as follows:
  1. In the case of any sex offender,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the
department,  hospital or local correctional facility at least ten calen-
dar days prior to the release or discharge of any sex  offender  from  a
correctional facility, hospital or local correctional facility to notify
the division of the contemplated release or discharge of such sex offen-
der,  informing  the division in writing on a form provided by the divi-
sion indicating the address at which he or she proposes  to  reside  and
the  name and address of any institution of higher education at which he
or she expects to  be  enrolled,  attending  or  employed,  whether  for
compensation  or not, and whether he or she resides in or will reside in
a facility owned or operated by such institution. If such  sex  offender
changes his or her place of residence while on parole, such notification
of  the  change  of residence shall be sent by the sex offender's parole
officer within forty-eight hours to the division on a form  provided  by
the  division.  If  such  sex  offender changes the status of his or her
enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at  any  institution  of
higher  education  while  on  parole, such notification of the change of
status shall be sent by the sex offender's parole officer within  forty-
eight  hours to the division on a form provided by the division.  IN ANY
CASE, A SEX OFFENDER MUST REPORT EACH ADDRESS WHERE HE OR  SHE  RESIDES,
INCLUDING ANY MULTIPLE OR PART-TIME RESIDENCES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10518-01-5

              

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  2.  In the case of any sex offender on probation, it shall be the duty
of the sex offender's probation officer to notify  the  division  within
forty-eight hours of [the] ALL new [place] PLACES of residence on a form
provided by the division. If such sex offender changes the status of his
or  her  enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institu-
tion of higher education while on probation, such  notification  of  the
change  of  status shall be sent by the sex offender's probation officer
within forty-eight hours to the division on a form provided by the divi-
sion.
  3. In the case in which any sex offender escapes from a state or local
correctional facility or hospital, the designated official of the facil-
ity or hospital where the person was confined shall notify within  twen-
ty-four  hours the law enforcement agency having had jurisdiction at the
time of his or her conviction, informing such law enforcement agency  of
the  name  and  aliases  of  the person, and the address OR ADDRESSES at
which he or she resided at the time of his or her conviction, the amount
of time remaining to be served, if any, on the full term for which he or
she was sentenced, and the nature of the crime for which he or  she  was
sentenced,  transmitting  at the same time a copy of such sex offender's
fingerprints and photograph and a summary of his or her criminal record.
  S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 168-f of the correction
law, as added by chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (b)  The  verification  form  shall be signed by the sex offender, and
state that he still resides at the address OR ADDRESSES last reported to
the division.
  S 3. Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as  amended
by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts with inter-
net  access  providers  belonging to such offender, internet identifiers
that such offender uses, or his or her status of enrollment, attendance,
employment or residence at any institution of higher  education.  A  SEX
OFFENDER MUST REPORT EACH ADDRESS WHERE HE OR SHE RESIDES, INCLUDING ANY
MULTIPLE OR PART-TIME RESIDENCES. A fee of ten dollars, as authorized by
subdivision  eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of this article,
shall be submitted by the sex offender each time such offender registers
any change of address or any change of his or her status of  enrollment,
attendance,  employment or residence at any institution of higher educa-
tion. Any failure or omission to  submit  the  required  fee  shall  not
affect the acceptance by the division of the change of address or change
of status.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.