Provides certain information regarding level one sex offenders to the offices of local village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies through a subdirectory made available on the internet via the division homepage.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1250
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 providing certain
information regarding level one sex offenders to the offices of local
village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 168-q of the correction law is
2 renumbered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
3 follows:
4 2. The division shall maintain a separate subdirectory of level one
5 sex offenders. The subdirectory shall include the exact address, address
6 of the offender's place of employment and photograph of the sex offender
7 along with the following information, if available: name, physical
8 description, age and distinctive markings. Background information
9 including the sex offender's crime of conviction, modus of operation,
10 type of victim targeted, the name and address of any institution of
11 higher education at which the sex offender is enrolled, attends, is
12 employed or resides and a description of special conditions imposed on
13 the sex offender shall also be included. The subdirectory shall have sex
14 offender listings categorized by county and zip code. A copy of the
15 subdirectory shall annually be distributed to the offices of local
16 village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies for any
17 law enforcement purpose and shall not be made accessible to the public.
18 The division shall distribute monthly updates to the offices of local
19 village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies for
20 purposes of public access. Such departments shall require that a person
21 in writing provide their name and address prior to viewing the subdirec-
22 tory. The subdirectory provided for in this subdivision shall be updated
23 monthly to maintain its efficiency and usefulness and shall be computer
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02029-01-1
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1 accessible. Such subdirectory shall be made available only to the
2 offices of local village, town, city, county or state law enforcement
3 agencies at all times on the internet via the division homepage.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
5 it shall have become a law.
