Senate Bill S1271

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish standards for the distance from school grounds of the residence of certain sex offenders on probation or parole

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2017-S1271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3259
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add 259-f, Exec L; amd §220.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4890, A7661
2019-2020: A3195

2017-S1271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish standards for the distance certain sex offenders on probation or parole, or conditionally released, must reside from school grounds.

2017-S1271 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1271
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 executive law and the penal law, in relation to the
   requirement for certain sex offenders who are on probation or  parole,
   or  conditionally  released  to  reside  certain distances from school
   grounds
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-f
 to read as follows:
   § 259-F. CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS; RESIDENCE NEAR SCHOOL  GROUNDS.    THE
 COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD, DIRECTOR OF PROBATION AND
 CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES AND COMMISSIONER OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES,
 SHALL ESTABLISH BY RULE A UNIFORM STANDARD FOR MEASURING  AND  ENFORCING
 THE  DISTANCE  RESTRICTIONS  FOR  PROPOSED RESIDENCES FOR REGISTERED SEX
 OFFENDERS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISION OF  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN  OF
 SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-C OF THIS ARTICLE OR SUBDIVISION FOUR-A
 OF SECTION 65.10 OF THE PENAL LAW. SUCH STANDARD SHALL INCLUDE  SPECIFIC
 REQUIREMENTS  AND  THE  METHODOLOGY  FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE DISTANCE
 RESTRICTIONS AND SUCH STANDARD SHALL BE POSTED ON THE  INTERNET  WEBSITE
 OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
   §  2. Subdivision 14 of section 220.00 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 292 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   14. "School grounds" means (a) in or on or within any building, struc-
 ture, athletic playing field, playground or land  contained  within  the
 real  property boundary line of a public or private elementary, parochi-
 al, intermediate, junior high, vocational, or high school,  or  (b)  any
 area  accessible  to  the public located within one thousand feet of the
 real property boundary line comprising any such  school  or  any  parked
 automobile  or  other parked vehicle located within one thousand feet of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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