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                                   2039
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  correction  law,  in relation to the employment
   address of sex offenders
 
   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, ANY CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
 ADDRESS, internet accounts with internet access providers  belonging  to
 such  offender, internet identifiers that such offender uses, or [his or
 her] THEIR 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 arti-
 cle, shall be submitted by the sex  offender  each  time  such  offender
 registers  any  change  of  address  or any change of [his or her] THEIR
 status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any  insti-
 tution  of  higher  education.  Any  failure  or  omission to submit the
 required fee shall not affect the acceptance  by  the  division  of  the
 change of address or change of status.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 168-l of the correction
 law,  as  amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) If the risk of repeat offense is moderate, a level two designation
 shall be given to such sex offender. In such case  the  law  enforcement
 agency or agencies having jurisdiction and the law enforcement agency or
 agencies  having  had  jurisdiction  at  the  time of [his or her] THEIR
 conviction shall be notified and may  disseminate  relevant  information
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 which  shall  include  a  photograph and description of the offender and
 which may include the exact name and any aliases used by the sex  offen-
 der, exact address, ADDRESS OF THE OFFENDER'S PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, back-
 ground information including the offender's crime of conviction, mode of
 operation, type of victim targeted, the name and address of any institu-
 tion of higher education at which the sex offender is enrolled, attends,
 is employed or resides and the description of special conditions imposed
 on the offender to any entity with vulnerable populations related to the
 nature of the offense committed by such sex offender. Any entity receiv-
 ing  information  on  a sex offender may disclose or further disseminate
 such information at its discretion.  In  addition,  in  such  case,  the
 information  described herein shall also be provided in the subdirectory
 established in this article and notwithstanding any other  provision  of
 law,  such  information  shall,  upon  request, be made available to the
 public.
   Such law enforcement agencies shall compile,  maintain  and  update  a
 listing  of  vulnerable organizational entities within its jurisdiction.
 Such listing shall be utilized for notification of such organizations in
 disseminating such information on level two sex  offenders  pursuant  to
 this  paragraph.  Such  listing  shall  include  and  not be limited to:
 superintendents of schools or chief school  administrators,  superinten-
 dents  of parks, public and private libraries, public and private school
 bus transportation companies, day care centers,  nursery  schools,  pre-
 schools,  neighborhood  watch  groups,  community centers, civic associ-
 ations, nursing homes, victim's advocacy groups and places of worship.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.