Assembly Bill A805

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park

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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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2017-A805 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3599
2011-2012: A282
2013-2014: A1993
2015-2016: A1482
2019-2020: A945
2021-2022: A5290
2023-2024: A2404

2017-A805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park.

2017-A805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    805
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CROUCH, GIGLIO, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to prohibiting sex
   offenders from using state and municipal parks

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap-
 ter  604  of  the  laws  of  2005, is relettered section 168-x and a new
 section 168-w is added to read as follows:
   § 168-W. PROHIBITING USE OF PARKS.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS  REQUIRED  TO
 REGISTER  PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING, BEING IN
 OR BEING LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING  PLAC-
 ES:
   1. STATE PARK.
   2. MUNICIPAL-OWNED PARK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04374-01-7

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