STATE OF NEW YORK
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3037--A
Cal. No. 666
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 19, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. MURPHY, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, GALLIVAN,
GOLDEN, HELMING, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SERINO, SEWARD, YOUNG --
read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to reporting sex offen-
der changes of address to the division of criminal justice services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as
2 amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 4. Any sex offender shall register with the division, or a law
5 enforcement agency having jurisdiction, no later than ten calendar days
6 after any change of address, internet accounts with internet access
7 providers belonging to such offender, internet identifiers that such
8 offender uses, or his or her status of enrollment, attendance, employ-
9 ment or residence at any institution of higher education. If any sex
10 offender submits a change of address, internet accounts with internet
11 access providers belonging to such offender, internet identifiers that
12 such offender uses, or his or her status of enrollment, attendance,
13 employment or residence at any institution or higher education to a law
14 enforcement agency having jurisdiction, the law enforcement agency
15 shall, within five business days, forward the form to the division. The
16 law enforcement agency shall provide a copy of the completed form to the
17 offender and retain a copy for its records. A fee of ten dollars, as
18 authorized by subdivision eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of
19 this article, shall be submitted by the sex offender each time such
20 offender registers any change of address or any change of his or her
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any insti-
2 tution of higher education. Any failure or omission to submit the
3 required fee shall not affect the acceptance by the division of the
4 change of address or change of status.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
