Permits a search of the statewide sex offender registry upon the application by any individual for membership or employment in a police department, fire company or with a provider of ambulance services; permits a fire company, police department or provider of ambulance services to deny an employment application in certain circumstances.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7625
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 28, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. JORDAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to amend the town law, the village law and the public health law,
in relation to permitting a search of the statewide sex offender
registry upon the application by any individual for membership or
employment in a police department, fire company or with a provider of
ambulance services; and to amend the correction law, in relation to
permitting a fire company, police department or provider of ambulance
services to deny an employment application in certain circumstances
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 176 of the town law is amended by adding a new
section 35 to read as follows:
35. SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS PERMITTING, UPON APPLICATION
BY ANY INDIVIDUAL FOR MEMBERSHIP OR EMPLOYMENT IN A FIRE COMPANY OPERAT-
ING PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FIRE DISTRICT
OFFICERS, CHIEFS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE FIGHTERS
AND VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS, SUCH FIRE COMPANIES TO
CONDUCT OR CAUSE TO BE CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE STATEWIDE SEX OFFENDER
REGISTRY MANDATED UNDER ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, TO DETER-
MINE WHETHER SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS CURRENTLY REGISTERED AS A SEX OFFENDER
FOR A CONVICTION OF ANY OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED
SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW. UPON A DETERMINATION THAT SUCH
INDIVIDUAL IS REGISTERED ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, A FIRE COMPANY
MAY DENY SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OR EMPLOYMENT.
S 2. Section 10-1000 of the village law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 12 to read as follows:
12. UPON APPLICATION BY ANY INDIVIDUAL FOR MEMBERSHIP OR EMPLOYMENT IN
A FIRE COMPANY OPERATING PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO FIRE DISTRICT OFFICERS, CHIEFS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF FIRE
DEPARTMENTS, FIRE FIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09727-01-3
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