Senate Bill S1867

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits placing of level 2 and 3 sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1867 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §131-y, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S990
2013-2014: S2328
2015-2016: S851
2017-2018: S1784

2009-S1867 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits placing of level 2 and 3 sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children.

2009-S1867 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1867 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1867

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed 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 any temporary
  emergency housing or homeless shelters used  to  house  families  with
  children

  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  LEVEL  THREE  SEX OFFENDERS.
NOTWITHSTANDING 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  DESIG-
NATION  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, INTO ANY TEMPO-
RARY EMERGENCY HOUSING OR HOMELESS SHELTERS USED TO HOUSE FAMILIES  WITH
CHILDREN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05255-01-9

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