The New York State Senate

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                                  3706

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITONE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MILLER, MARKEY, GUNTHER,
  CAMARA, ZEBROWSKI, LAVINE, BRINDISI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
  ABBATE,  ARROYO, CERETTO, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HIKIND, JOHNS, KATZ,
  MAGEE, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, RA, RAIA,  SCARBOR-
  OUGH,  SIMANOWITZ -- 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 or 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
TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE,  NOR  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICIAL
ACTING  ON  HIS  OR HER OWN OR AS AN AGENT PURSUANT TO 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 ANY TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING OR  HOMELESS  SHEL-
TERS USED TO HOUSE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03829-01-5