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Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor Stephen Hawley
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Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the employment address of sex offenders
Purpose or general idea of bill
To authorize law enforcement to disseminate a Level 2 sex offenders exact residence address and place of employment address to vulnerable populations.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Amends Section 168-b (e) of correction Law relating to the file DCJS is required to maintain pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Act to include a Level 2 sex offender's employment address and/or expected place of employment.
Section 2: Amends Section 168-f (2) (b-1) of correction Law to require a Level 2 sex offender to sign an employment verification form stating that he or she continues to be employed at the same address on each anniversary of such offender's initial registration date.
Section 3: Amends Section 168-f (4) of correction Law to require a sex offender to notify DCJS within 10 days of any change in employment address.
Section 4: Amends Section 168-1 (6-b) of Correction Law to authorize appropriate law enforcement to release a Level 2 sex offender's exact address and address of the offender's place of employment to vulnerable populations.
Section 5: Effective date.
Justification
Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2006 added moderate-risk Level 2 sex offenders (in addition to current law's high-risk Level 3's) to the Internet Sex Offender Subdirectory maintained by the Division of Criminal Justice Services. When accessing this website, in addition to a Level 2 sex offender's picture, the concerned public can now obtain a Level 2 sex offender's exact home address and place of employment address. However, the 2006 law failed to provide law enforcement the authority to provide this essential information when notifying vulnerable populations of a Level 2 sex offender's presence in their communities. Under current law, law enforcement may only provide a Level 2's zip code and is prohibited from releasing such offender's employment address. This bill corrects this discrepancy by making the same identifying information pertaining to Level 2 sex offenders that is available to the general public through DCJS's website (exact home address and employment address) available to law enforcement for dissemination purposes.
Prior legislative history
2007: A.5415 02/15/2007 referred to correction 01/09/2008 referred to correction O5/20/2008 held for consideration in correction
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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