The New York State Senate

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                                  9210

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2014
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing the  sex
  offender public awareness program

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

  Section 1. Section 168-l of the correction law is amended by adding  a
new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
  6-A.    THE  BOARD  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  SEX OFFENDER PUBLIC AWARENESS
PROGRAM. (A) THE BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL  OUTREACH  PROGRAM
FOR  SEX  OFFENDER  AWARENESS  BY  PROVIDING  FOR  EDUCATIONAL  OUTREACH
SERVICES TO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND CLERGY.  SUCH PROGRAMS  SHALL
BE  OPERATED  AT  THE COMMUNITY LEVEL IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH PROCE-
DURES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
  (B) THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH  OUTREACH  PROGRAM,  AND  SHALL  BE  DESIGNED  TO
PROMOTE:
  (I)  ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES OTHER THAN THE STATE, INCLUDING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SOURCES;
  (II) COORDINATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL
OUTREACH PROGRAMS; AND
  (III) LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE  TO  THE
SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, AND CLERGY.
  (C)  THESE  REGULATIONS SHALL ALSO PROVIDE FOR SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION AND  TRAINING  OF
LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AND OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICIALS TO ASSIST IN SUCH
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM.
  (D) THE BOARD SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR  AND  THE
LEGISLATURE,  ON  OR BEFORE DECEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR ON THE PROGRAMS;
INCLUDING:
  (I) THE PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE BOARD;
  (II) OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THE  EDUCATIONAL  OUTREACH  PROGRAMS
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08605-01-3

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  (III)  AN  ASSESSMENT  OF THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE BOARD TO
MEET THE REASONABLE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAMS UNDER THIS SECTION; AND
  (IV)  AN  ESTIMATE  OF  THE  REASONABLE  NEEDS OF PROGRAMS IN THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately any rules or regulations
necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
date may be promulgated on or before such date.