New York S 281: Relates to residency restrictions for sex offenders

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S00281 Summary:

BILL NOS00281 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04734

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SPONSORRHOADS

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COSPNSRBORRELLO

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L

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Authorizes municipalities to establish residency restrictions for sex offenders.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 281

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RHOADS, BORRELLO -- 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 authorizing munici-
 palities to establish residency restrictions for sex offenders

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. It is the sense of the legislature
 2 that determinations regarding restrictions upon the residence of sex
 3 offenders who are required to register pursuant to the provisions of
 4 article 6-C of the correction law should be made by the local munici-
 5 pality in which such offenders reside since municipalities are in a
 6 better position than the state, after taking into consideration local
 7 conditions and after determining what entities with vulnerable popu-
 8 lations would require protection from registered sex offenders, to make
 9 such determinations.
 10 § 2. Section 168-w of the correction law, as renumbered by chapter 604
 11 of the laws of 2005, is renumbered section 168-x and a new section 168-w
 12 is added to read as follows:
 13 § 168-w. Municipal residency restrictions. Any municipality may enact
 14 a local law which imposes residency restrictions upon sex offenders
 15 required to register pursuant to this article, provided that such resi-
 16 dency restrictions are no less restrictive than the requirements set
 17 forth in paragraph (a) of subdivision four-a of section 65.10 of the
 18 penal law and subdivision fourteen of section two hundred fifty-nine-c
 19 of the executive law.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00442-01-5

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