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Assembly Bill A8522

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence

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2017-A8522 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2132
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9632, S7064
2015-2016: A3653, S396
2019-2020: S718
2021-2022: S1716
2023-2024: S249
2025-2026: S637

2017-A8522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence.

2017-A8522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8522
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, MORELLE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to notice of  trans-
   fer of sex offender to community program or residence
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 13.09 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
   (I)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL NOTIFY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ANY
 MUNICIPALITY WHERE A SEX OFFENDER, AS DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-EIGHT-A  OF THE CORRECTION LAW, IS
 TRANSFERRED TO A COMMUNITY PROGRAM OR RESIDENCE WITHIN HIS OR HER  MUNI-
 CIPALITY.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  NOTIFY  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
 SCHOOLS IN WHICH SUCH FACILITY IS LOCATED.  NOTICE  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  NO
 LATER THAN TEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00102-01-7

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