Restricts placement of level two and level three sex offenders in social services district funded shelter or housing accommodations located within one thousand feet of any public or private elementary, middle, or high school; nursery school; playground; day care facility
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3306
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 26, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. EDDINGTON, COLTON, ORTIZ, JOHN, KOON, McENENY,
TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to restricting
placement of level two and level three sex offenders in social
services district funded shelter or housing accommodations located
within one thousand feet of any public or private elementary, middle,
or high school; nursery school; playground; day care facility; nursing
home; adult day care facility; house of worship; or senior citizen
center or facility
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
131-y to read as follows:
S 131-Y. PLACEMENT OF LEVEL TWO OR THREE SEX OFFENDERS. NOTWITHSTAND-
ING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, NEITHER THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILY SERVICES, NOR A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL ACTING ON HIS OR HER
OWN OR AS AN AGENT PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF
THIS TITLE, SHALL PERMIT OR CAUSE THE PLACEMENT OF ANY SEX OFFENDER WHO
HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, INTO A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
FUNDED SHELTER OR HOUSING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET
OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL; NURSERY
SCHOOL; PLAYGROUND; DAY CARE FACILITY; NURSING HOME; ADULT DAY CARE
FACILITY; HOUSE OF WORSHIP; SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER OR FACILITY. THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY SHELTER OR HOUSING ACCOM-
MODATION FUNDED BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
EITHER DIRECTLY THROUGH THE USE OF SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FUNDS OR AS
A CONDUIT FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that any rules or regu-
lations necessary for the timely implementation of the provisions of
this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such
date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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