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                                    570
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  level  three  desig-
   nation for certain sex offenders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (c) of subdivision 6  of
 section  168-l  of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters
 318 and 680 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   If the risk of repeat offense is high and there exists a threat to the
 public safety a level three designation  shall  be  given  to  such  sex
 offender.    IF THE SEX OFFENDER HAS A CONVICTION OF OR A CONVICTION FOR
 AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY
 OR  TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE OR SECTION 135.25, 230.06, 230.32, 255.25,
 255.26 OR 255.27 OF THE PENAL LAW, AND WHERE THE VICTIM OF  THE  RELATED
 OFFENSE IS LESS THAN ELEVEN YEARS OLD A LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION SHALL BE
 GIVEN  TO  SUCH SEX OFFENDER. In [such] EITHER case, the law enforcement
 agency or agencies having jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or
 agencies having had jurisdiction at the time of his  or  her  conviction
 shall  be  notified and may disseminate relevant information which shall
 include a photograph and description  of  the  offender  and  which  may
 include the sex offender's exact name and any aliases used by the offen-
 der, exact address, address of the offender's place of employment, back-
 ground information including the offender's crime of conviction, mode of
 operation, type of victim targeted, the name and address of any institu-
 tion of higher education at which the sex offender is enrolled, attends,
 is employed or resides and the description of special conditions imposed
 on the offender to any entity with vulnerable populations related to the
 nature of the offense committed by such sex offender. Any entity receiv-
 ing  information  on  a sex offender may disclose or further disseminate
 such information at its discretion. In addition[,  in  such  case,]  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02782-01-7

 A. 570                              2
 
 information  described [herein] IN THIS PARAGRAPH shall also be provided
 in the subdirectory established in this article and notwithstanding  any
 other  provision  of  law, such information shall, upon request, be made
 available to the public.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.