Senate Bill S851

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits placing of level 2 or 3 sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children

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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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2015-S851 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3706
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §131-y, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1867
2011-2012: S990, A7067
2013-2014: S2328, A4792
2017-2018: S1784, A6670

2015-S851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits placing of level 2 and 3 sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children.

2015-S851 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   851

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KLEIN, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, DIAZ, DILAN, FELDER, GOLD-
  EN, GRIFFO, HASSELL-THOMPSON, LANZA,  MARTINS,  RANZENHOFER,  SAMPSON,
  SAVINO,  SEWARD,  STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  restricting
  placement  of  level two or level three sex offenders in any temporary
  emergency housing or homeless shelters used  to  house  families  with
  children

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
131-y to read as follows:
  S  131-Y.  PLACEMENT  OF  LEVEL  TWO  OR  LEVEL  THREE  SEX OFFENDERS.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, NEITHER THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE,  NOR  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICIAL
ACTING  ON  HIS  OR HER OWN OR AS AN AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, SHALL
PERMIT OR CAUSE THE PLACEMENT OF ANY SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN  ASSIGNED
A  LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE
CORRECTION LAW, INTO ANY TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING OR  HOMELESS  SHEL-
TERS USED TO HOUSE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03829-01-5

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