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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 14, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A2169
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MILLER M
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Margaret Markey
Dennis H. Gabryszak
Rory Lancman
Grace Meng
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Edward Braunstein
Daniel Burling
Clifford Crouch
2011-A2169 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A2169 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the sex offender employment check act to require certain employers to access the sex offender registry prior to the commencement of work by employees for certain positions with substantial contact with children and the correction law in relation to prohibiting registered sex offender from working with children.
2011-A2169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2169 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. M. MILLER, MARKEY, GABRYSZAK, LANCMAN, MENG, REILLY, GALEF, ROBINSON, HOOPER, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BURLING, CROUCH, DUPREY, FINCH, GIBSON, GIGLIO, MAGEE, MAISEL, MOLINARO, MURRAY, NOLAN, PERRY, PHEFFER, RAIA, SALADINO, SCHI- MEL, SWEENEY, THIELE, TITONE, TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to sex offender registry check for certain employers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-g to read as follows: S 201-G. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS. 1. ANY EMPLOYER THAT OPERATES A SCHOOL DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE THOUSAND ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ESTABLISHED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN, SHALL, BEFORE HIRING A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE FOR A POSITION WHERE SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE DIRECT AND UNSUPER- VISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN, ASCERTAIN WHETHER SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE IS LISTED ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW. 2. PRIOR TO INITIATING THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY INQUIRY DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AN EMPLOYER SHALL INFORM THE PROSPEC- TIVE EMPLOYEE THAT SUCH INQUIRY WILL BE PERFORMED. 3. A WILLFUL VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL SUBJECT AN EMPLOYER TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02021-01-1
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