Bill Text: NY S01247 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to sex offender registry check for certain employers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01247 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01247-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in  relation  to  sex  offender  registry
         check for certain employers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  201-g  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  201-G.  SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS. 1.  ANY
    4  EMPLOYER THAT OPERATES A SCHOOL DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH F OF  SUBDIVISION
    5  TWO  OF  SECTION FIVE THOUSAND ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ESTABLISHED FOR
    6  THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO CHILDREN UNDER  THE  AGE
    7  OF  SIXTEEN,  SHALL, BEFORE HIRING A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE FOR A POSITION
    8  WHERE SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE DIRECT AND  UNSUPER-
    9  VISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN, ASCERTAIN WHETHER SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE
   10  IS  LISTED  ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE SIX-C OF
   11  THE CORRECTION LAW.
   12    2. PRIOR TO INITIATING THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY INQUIRY DESCRIBED  IN
   13  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION, AN EMPLOYER SHALL INFORM THE PROSPEC-
   14  TIVE EMPLOYEE THAT SUCH INQUIRY WILL BE PERFORMED.
   15    3. A WILLFUL VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL SUBJECT AN EMPLOYER TO  A
   16  CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02021-01-1