Assembly Bill A6871

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the site selection of community facilities in cities with a population of one million or more

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6871 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1445
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §239-j, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6758
2017-2018: S4098

2019-A6871 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the site selection of community facilities in cities with a population of one million or more by municipalities; includes group homes, homeless shelters, detention centers, drug rehabilitation and detoxification centers, halfway houses, wastewater treatment plants, sewage facilities, waste transfer stations, landfills, power plants and chemical processing plants.

2019-A6871 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6871
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  the  site
   selection  of  community facilities in cities with a population 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.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 239-j to read as follows:
   § 239-J. SITE SELECTION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN CITIES WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE
 FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL APPLY:
   (A) "COMMUNITY FACILITY" SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES:
   (I) "GROUP HOMES" SHALL MEAN SUPPORTIVE LIVING FACILITIES WITH FOUR TO
 FOURTEEN  RESIDENTS OR A SUPERVISED LIVING FACILITY SUBJECT TO LICENSURE
 BY THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH OR THE OFFICE FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOP-
 MENTAL  DISABILITIES WHICH PROVIDES A RESIDENCE FOR UP TO FOURTEEN INDI-
 VIDUALS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACIL-
 ITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH;
   (II) HOMELESS SHELTERS;
   (III) "DETENTION CENTERS" SHALL MEAN ANY PLACE OPERATED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION  AND  DESIGNATED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AS A PLACE FOR THE
 CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT OR PERSONS COMMIT-
 TED FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE;
   (IV) DRUG REHABILITATION/DETOXIFICATION CENTERS;
   (V) HALFWAY HOUSES;
   (VI) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;
   (VII) SEWAGE FACILITIES;
   (VIII) WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS;
   (IX) LANDFILLS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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