STATE OF NEW YORK
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3740
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring registered
sex offenders to wear electronic tagging devices
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. Wearing of electronic tagging devices. 1. Any person who is
5 required to register pursuant to this article shall also be required to
6 wear an electronic tagging device. For purposes of this section, an
7 electronic tagging device means a device, worn by an individual, that
8 transmits a signal and enables another person or entity to monitor,
9 track, and/or pinpoint the location of the individual wearing the device
10 through the reception of that signal.
11 2. An individual may not tamper with his or her electronic tagging
12 device in any way, nor may they allow another person to tamper with such
13 device. A person who is caught tampering with an electronic tagging
14 device shall be guilty of a class E felony.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
16 person who is required to register pursuant to article 6-C of the
17 correction law on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08195-01-9
