Senate Bill S976

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to notification requirements of the division of criminal justice services

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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-S976 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A366
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-j, Cor L (as proposed in S.7252 & A.9239)
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S8227, A10751

2017-S976 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to directing the division of criminal justice services to notify the appropriate agencies, within 48 hours of the receipt of a change of address, or of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at an institution of higher education by a sex offender.

2017-S976 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    976
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to directing  the  divi-
   sion  of criminal justice services to notify the appropriate agencies,
   within 48 hours of the receipt of a change of address, or  of  enroll-
   ment,  attendance, employment or residence at an institution of higher
   education by 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, 3 and 4 of section 168-j of the correction
 law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the correction
 law relating to directing the division of criminal justice  services  to
 notify  the  appropriate  agencies,  within 48 hours of the receipt of a
 change of address, or of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence
 at an institution of higher education by a sex offender, as proposed  in
 legislative  bills  numbers  A.9239  and  S.7252, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Upon receipt of a change of address by a sex offender  required  to
 register  under this article, but in any event no more than [forty-eight
 hours] TWO BUSINESS DAYS after such receipt, the division  shall  notify
 the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the new place of
 residence  and  the  local law enforcement agency where the sex offender
 last resided of the new place of residence.
   3. The division shall, if the sex offender changes residence to anoth-
 er state, notify the appropriate agency within that  state  of  the  new
 place of residence [within forty-eight hours].
   4.  Upon  receipt of a change in the status of the enrollment, attend-
 ance, employment or residence at an institution of higher education by a
 sex offender required to register under this article, but in  any  event
 no  more  than [forty-eight hours] TWO BUSINESS DAYS after such receipt,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07064-01-7

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