Assembly Bill A85

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to removing the fee for a sex offender to make a change to his or her registration with 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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2021-A85 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2223
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168-f, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11109, S8101
2023-2024: S751

2021-A85 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to removing the fee for a sex offender to make a change to his or her registration with the division of criminal justice services including fees for changing their address, or any change to his or her status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher education.

2021-A85 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    85
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to removing the fee  for
   a  sex  offender  to make a change to his or her registration with the
   division of criminal justice services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as
 amended by chapter 67 of the  laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than ten
 calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts with inter-
 net  access  providers  belonging to such offender, internet identifiers
 that such offender uses, or his or her status of enrollment, attendance,
 employment or residence at any institution of higher education.  [A  fee
 of  ten  dollars,  as  authorized  by  subdivision  eight of section one
 hundred sixty-eight-b of this article, shall be  submitted  by  the  sex
 offender  each time such offender registers any change of address or any
 change of his or her status of  enrollment,  attendance,  employment  or
 residence  at  any institution of higher education. Any failure or omis-
 sion to submit the required fee shall not affect the acceptance  by  the
 division  of the change of address or change of status.] NO FEE SHALL BE
 COLLECTED FROM A SEX OFFENDER IN ORDER TO CHANGE HIS OR HER ADDRESS,  OR
 ANY CHANGE TO HIS OR HER STATUS OF ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, EMPLOYMENT OR
 RESIDENCE AT ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01725-01-1

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