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                                         2107

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                   February 11, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN,  ALESI,  DeFRANCISCO, O. JOHNSON, LARKIN,
         PADAVAN, SALAND, SKELOS, VOLKER -- 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 employment limita-
         tions for level three sex offenders

         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section  1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 168-
    2  qq to read as follows:
    3    S 168-QQ. LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS EMPLOYMENT LIMITATION; PENALTY. 1.
    4  IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY LEVEL THREE SEX  OFFENDER  TO  WORK  WITHIN
    5  FIVE  HUNDRED  FEET  OF  ANY  PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE NURSERY, ELEMENTARY OR
    6  SECONDARY SCHOOL OR LICENSED DAY CARE FACILITY.
    7    2. NO EMPLOYER SHALL KNOWINGLY PERMIT OR CAUSE THE  PLACEMENT  OF  ANY
    8  LEVEL  THREE  SEX OFFENDER AT ANY WORK LOCATION WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET
    9  OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NURSERY,  ELEMENTARY  OR  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  OR
   10  LICENSED DAY CARE FACILITY.
   11    3.  THE EMPLOYMENT PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO
   12  OF THIS SECTION SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AS LONG AS  THE  OFFENDER  IS
   13  CLASSIFIED AS A LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER.
   14    4. A SEX OFFENDER WHO KNOWINGLY VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION
   15  ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   17  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.



        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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