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Assembly Bill A6670

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-A6670 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1784
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §131-y, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1867
2011-2012: A7067, S990
2013-2014: A4792, S2328
2015-2016: A3706, S851

2017-A6670 (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.

2017-A6670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6670
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TITONE,  ENGLEBRIGHT, M. G. MILLER, GUNTHER,
   LAVINE, ZEBROWSKI, BRINDISI, SIMOTAS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   ABBATE, ARROYO, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HIKIND,  JOHNS,  MAGEE,  McDO-
   NOUGH,  McKEVITT,  McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, RA, RAIA, 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:
   §  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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD07311-01-7

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