Bill Text: NY A06670 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to social services [A06670 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06670-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6670
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 15, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TITONE,  ENGLEBRIGHT, M. G. MILLER, GUNTHER,
          LAVINE, ZEBROWSKI, BRINDISI, SIMOTAS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          ABBATE, ARROYO, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HIKIND,  JOHNS,  MAGEE,  McDO-
          NOUGH,  McKEVITT,  McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, RA, RAIA, SIMANOWITZ -- read
          once and referred 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:
     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  131-y to read as follows:
     3    §  131-y.  Placement  of  level  two  or  level  three  sex offenders.
     4  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, neither the office of
     5  temporary and disability assistance,  nor  a  social  services  official
     6  acting  on  his  or her own or as an agent pursuant to this title, shall
     7  permit or cause the placement of any sex offender who has been  assigned
     8  a  level two or level three designation pursuant to article six-C of the
     9  correction law, into any temporary emergency housing or  homeless  shel-
    10  ters used to house families with children.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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