The New York State Senate

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                                  8974

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- 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.

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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.
  § 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.