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A01954 Summary:

BILL NO	A01954
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Galef (MS)
COSPNSR	Cymbrowitz, Ortiz, Schroeder, Morelle, Zebrowski, Gibson, Roberts, Linares
MLTSPNSR	Burling, Calhoun, Ceretto, Crouch, Gunther, Hawley, Hooper, Lupardo, Magee, Markey, Miller J, Murray, Raia, Ramos, Rivera P, Robinson, Saladino, Schimel, Schimminger, Simotas, Sweeney, Weisenberg, Wright
Add S168-w, Cor L
Restricts level three sex offenders from residing within one quarter mile of any school or licensed day care facility; makes a violation of this provision a class E felony.

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A01954 Actions:

BILL NO	A01954
01/12/2011	referred to correction
01/04/2012	referred to correction

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A01954 Floor Votes:

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A01954 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1954
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ, SCHROEDER, MORELLE --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GUNTHER,  HOOPER,  LUPARDO,  MAYERSOHN,
          PHEFFER,  RAMOS,  ROBINSON,  SCHIMMINGER, TOWNS, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in  relation  to  restricting  where

          level three sex offenders may reside
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap-
     2  ter 604 of the laws of 2005, is  relettered  section  168-x  and  a  new
     3  section 168-w is added to read as follows:
     4    §  168-w.  Level three sex offenders residence limitation; penalty. 1.
     5  It shall be unlawful for any level three sex offender to  reside  within
     6  one  quarter  mile of any public or private elementary, middle, high, or
     7  nursery school; or licensed day care facility.
     8    2. No shelter or housing  accommodation  shall  permit  or  cause  the
     9  placement  of  any  level  three sex offender if such shelter or housing

    10  accommodation is within one  quarter  mile  of  any  public  or  private
    11  elementary, middle, high, or nursery school; or licensed day care facil-
    12  ity.
    13    3.  The  residence prohibition established by subdivisions one and two
    14  of this section shall remain in effect for as long as  the  offender  is
    15  classified as a level three sex offender.
    16    4.  A  sex  offender who violates the provisions of subdivision one of
    17  this section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    19  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD04175-01-1

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