Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 03, 2016 |
print number 6758a |
Mar 03, 2016 |
amend and recommit to cities |
Feb 17, 2016 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S6758A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2015-S6758 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9796
- Current Committee:
- Senate Cities
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §239-j, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2017-2018:
S4098
2019-2020: S1445
2015-S6758 - 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.
2015-S6758 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6758 TITLE OF BILL : 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 PURPOSE : To involve municipalities in the process of site selection for community facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends the general municipal law by adding a new section 239-j providing procedures for site selection of community facilities in cities with a population of one million or more. For purposes of this section, community facilities include group homes, homeless shelters, detention centers, drug rehabilitation/detoxification centers, halfway houses, wastewater treatment plants, sewage facilities, waste transfer stations, landfills, power plants and chemical processing plants. In New York City, the community board with jurisdiction over the area in which such a facility is to be located shall be considered the municipality. The sponsoring agency, upon selecting a site, shall notify the municipality in writing and include the address of the site and all
2015-S6758 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6758 I N S E N A T E February 17, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 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: S 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; (X) POWER PLANTS; AND (XI) CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANTS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14110-01-6
2015-S6758A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9796
- Current Committee:
- Senate Cities
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §239-j, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2017-2018:
S4098
2019-2020: S1445
2015-S6758A (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.
2015-S6758A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6758A TITLE OF BILL : 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 PURPOSE : To involve municipalities in the process of site selection for community facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends the general municipal law by adding a new section 239-j providing procedures for site selection of community facilities in cities with a population of one million or more. For purposes of this section, community facilities include group homes, homeless shelters, detention centers, drug rehabilitation/detoxification centers, halfway houses, wastewater treatment plants, sewage facilities, waste transfer stations, landfills, power plants and chemical processing plants. In New York City, the community board with jurisdiction over the area in which such a facility is to be located shall be considered the municipality. The sponsoring agency, upon selecting a site, shall notify the municipality in writing and include the address of the site and all
2015-S6758A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6758--A I N S E N A T E February 17, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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: S 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; (X) POWER PLANTS; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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