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a. The mayor or his designee shall designate an agency to implement the provisions of this chapter and shall report such designation to the speaker of the council.
b. The department shall create, manage and maintain an electronic registry of individuals living in the city of New York who have been convicted of an animal abuse crime and who have registered with the department pursuant to this chapter.
c. The information maintained in the registry created pursuant to this section shall only be made available to law enforcement agencies, district attorneys or when otherwise required by law, and shall otherwise be kept confidential, provided, however, that the department shall grant authorized entities the password-protected ability to electronically query the registry using a person's name, driver's license or non-driver photo ID card number, or other identifying information determined by the commissioner, and to receive in response to such query electronic notice of whether such person is prohibited from owning an animal under section 17-1604 of this chapter.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2014/004.
a. Any person eighteen years of age or older who resides in the city of New York and has been convicted of an animal abuse crime on or after the effective date of the local law that added this chapter shall personally appear before the department at a location determined by the commissioner to register, provided, however, no person shall be required to appear before the department to register pending resolution of an appeal of such conviction.
1. Such person shall appear and register within five days following such person's release from incarceration or if such person was not incarcerated within five days from the date of such person's sentencing.
2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person convicted of an animal abuse crime on or after the effective date of the local law that added this chapter who establishes residency in the city of New York following such person's release from incarceration or if such person was not incarcerated following such person's sentencing, must, within five days of establishing such residency, personally appear before the department at a location determined by the commissioner to register.
b. The department shall photograph the registrant at the time of registration.
c. Any person required to register pursuant to this chapter shall submit to the department the following:
1. The registrant's name, all aliases used, date of birth, sex, complexion, race or ethnicity, height, weight, eye color, number of any driver's license or non-driver photo ID card, home address and/or expected place of residence.
2. A description of the offense for which the registrant was convicted, the date of conviction and the sentence imposed.
3. Any other documentation as the commissioner deems acceptable to verify the information provided by the registrant.
d. Within twenty days of each one year anniversary of the registrant's initial registration date for so long as such registrant remains on the animal abuse registry pursuant to subdivision f of this section, such registrant shall personally appear at a location designated by the commissioner. At such appearance the department shall photograph the registrant and verify the continuing accuracy of the information provided by the registrant pursuant to subdivision c of this section.
e. Within five days of any change in any of the information provided by a registrant pursuant to subdivision c of this section, such registrant shall personally appear before the department to submit updated information for the registry.
f. Each registrant shall remain on the animal abuse registry for five years following his or her release from incarceration or the date sentencing was rendered, whichever is later, provided, however, that registrants who are convicted of any subsequent animal abuse crime shall remain on the animal abuse registry for ten years following the date of their most recent conviction.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2014/004.
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