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Assembly Bill A8008

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act"

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2023-A8008 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7615
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1759, S836

2023-A8008 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.

2023-A8008 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8008
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT in relation to prohibiting the relocation of  migrants  from  one
   municipality  to  another  municipality  unless and until a resolution
   authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of
   both the receiving municipality where the migrants are to be relocated
   and the county in which the receiving municipality is located
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and referred to as the
 "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act".
   §  2. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule or regulation to the
 contrary, no municipality shall relocate migrants from such municipality
 for the purpose of permanent or temporary  housing  to  another  munici-
 pality  in  New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relo-
 cation has been adopted by the governing bodies of  both  the  receiving
 municipality  and  the  county  in  which  the receiving municipality is
 located. Prior to the actual physical relocation of  the  migrants,  the
 relocating  municipality  shall  provide  at  least  thirty days written
 notice to the receiving municipality of the impending relocation of such
 individuals.
   § 3. As used in this act:
   (i) "municipality" means a city, town, village or hamlet in  New  York
 state;
   (ii)  "receiving  municipality"  means  the  municipality to which the
 migrants are to be transported; and
   (iii) "relocating municipality" means the municipality  in  which  the
 migrants  are  currently  housed  and  from which the migrants are to be
 relocated.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11960-02-3
 A. 8008                             2

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