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Prohibits sex offenders from residing within a child day care center
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Robert Sweeney
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BILL NUMBER:S1799
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from residing within child day care centers
Purpose
This bill would prohibit sex offenders from residing within a building used as a child day care center.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill adds a new subdivision 21 to the Penal Law that defines a "child day care center" and its boundaries.
Section 2 of the bill amends subdivision 4-a of section 65.10 of the Penal Law to require a sentence of probation or conditional discharge upon a registered sex offender that such offender shall be prohibited from residing within a child day care center.
Section 3 of the bill adds a new subdivision 19 to section 168-a of the Correction Law to define "child day care center" and its boundaries.
Section 4 of the bill amends section 168-t of the Correction Law so that any registered sex offender who resides in a child day care center shall be guilty of a class E felony.
Section 5 of the bill creates a new section 168-w to the Correction Law which prohibits any sex offender required to register from residing within any child day care center.
Section 6 of the bill is the effective date.
Justification
There was a recent case on Long Is1and where a registered sex offender was found to be living in the same building as a child day care center that was registered with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. This type of situation cannot be tolerated and there should be criminal consequences to such an action. This bill would make it a class E felony for any registered sex offender to reside in a building that contains a child day care center.
Legislative history
2009-2010: S.6625/A.10254
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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