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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A6640
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BURKE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A6640 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A6640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6640 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to municipal residency restrictions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. It is the sense of the legislature that determinations regarding restrictions upon the residence of sex offenders who are required to register pursuant to the provisions of article 6-C of the correction law should be made by the local munici- pality in which such offenders reside, subject to state set minimum distance and a permissible maximum distance allowing state interests to determine housing for registered sex offenders. Municipalities are in a better position than the state to determine whether the restrictive residential distance from a school grounds shall remain at one thousand feet, or shall be expanded to up to one thousand five hundred feet. § 2. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chapter 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. MUNICIPAL RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS. ANY MUNICIPALITY MAY ENACT A LOCAL LAW WHICH IMPOSES RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS UPON SEX OFFENDERS REQUIRED TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH RESI- DENCY RESTRICTIONS ARE NO LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION 65.10 OF THE PENAL LAW AND SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-C OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS DO NOT EXCEED ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET FROM A SCHOOL GROUNDS. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03995-01-9
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