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                                  8291

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to creating
  community advisory councils for special needs housing

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
cle 12-I to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 12-I
            SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCILS
SECTION 239-GG. SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCILS.
  S 239-GG. SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING COMMUNITY ADVISORY  COUNCILS.  1.  FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
  (A)  "SPECIAL  NEEDS HOUSING COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL" OR "COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COUNCIL" MEANS A GROUP OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE AND NOT MORE  THAN
TWENTY  PERSONS,  ESTABLISHED  BY  A  COVERED FACILITY TO DISCUSS ISSUES
AFFECTING THE FACILITY AND ADVISE THE COVERED FACILITY ON  HOW  BEST  TO
FACILITATE   PRODUCTIVE  COMMUNICATION  AND  COLLABORATION  BETWEEN  THE
COVERED FACILITY AND ITS RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
  (B) "COVERED AUTHORITY" MEANS THE LOCAL  MUNICIPAL  HOUSING  AUTHORITY
WHERE APPLICABLE, OR THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
  (C)  "COVERED FACILITY" MEANS (I) A RESIDENCE OPERATED BY OR ON BEHALF
OF THE LOCAL HOMELESS ACTION SERVICES; OR (II)  AN  EMERGENCY  RESIDENCE
OPERATED  BY  OR  ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY OR HUMAN
RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, WHICH  IS  AVAILABLE  PRIMARILY  FOR  HOMELESS
PERSONS WITH HIV OR AIDS-RELATED ILLNESSES.
  2.  EACH  COVERED  AUTHORITY  SHALL  REQUIRE ALL COVERED FACILITIES TO
ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING COMMUNITY ADVISORY  COUN-
CIL.
  3.  IN  ESTABLISHING  A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, A COVERED FACILITY
WILL INVITE LOCAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL SERVICE  PROVIDERS,  MEMBERS  OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06351-01-9
              

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THE  BUSINESS COMMUNITY, REPRESENTATIVES OF FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ORGAN-
IZATIONS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATION'S SUPERVI-
SORY BOARDS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, COVERED
FACILITY  RESIDENTS  AND  OTHER  CONCERNED  MEMBERS  OF THE COMMUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE.
  4. AT A MINIMUM, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCILS ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
THIS ARTICLE WILL MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
  5. WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, EVERY
COVERED FACILITY IN OPERATION SHALL SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION TO THE APPRO-
PRIATE  COVERED AUTHORITY INDICATING THAT IT WILL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN
A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL AS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE. WITHIN  FORTY-
FIVE  DAYS  OF  COMMENCING  ITS  ACTIVITIES  ANY  COVERED  FACILITY THAT
COMMENCES OPERATION AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL
SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE COVERED AGENCY INDICATING THAT
IT  WILL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL AS REQUIRED
BY THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.