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Assembly Bill A5172

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires community advisory boards for homeless facilities

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2017-A5172 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50, Soc Serv L

2017-A5172 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires community advisory boards for homeless facilities in cities with a population of one million or more; provides such boards shall be subject to open meeting laws.

2017-A5172 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5172
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring commu-
   nity advisory boards for homeless facilities in cities  with  a  popu-
   lation of one million or more
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 50 of the social services law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  BEGINNING  IN  TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION
 OVER ONE MILLION, THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES  OR  OTHER
 ENTITY  DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR OF EACH CITY SHALL ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY
 ADVISORY BOARD FOR EACH FACILITY PRIMARILY SERVING HOMELESS  INDIVIDUALS
 OPERATED  BY  SUCH  CITY  OR CONTRACTED TO BE OPERATED BY SUCH CITY. THE
 COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SHALL BE CONSTITUTED OF  BUSINESSES  AND  RESI-
 DENTS  OF  THE  LOCAL COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OR USERS OF THE PARTICULAR
 FACILITY AS WELL AS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES AND SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY
 REGULATION OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR  OTHER  DESIG-
 NATED  AGENCY  OF THE CITY AND BE SUBJECT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC
 OFFICERS LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07037-01-7

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