Bill Text: NY S03390 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits sex offenders from residing in community residences.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S03390 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03390-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3390 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, AKSHAR, GALLIVAN, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from residing in community homes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 168- 2 ee to read as follows: 3 § 168-ee. Community residences. Any sex offender registered pursuant 4 to this article shall be prohibited from residing in a community resi- 5 dence. A community residence, for purposes of this section, shall be 6 defined as any facility operated by or subject to licensure by the 7 office of mental health or the office for people with developmental 8 disabilities which provides a supervised residence or residential 9 respite services for individuals with mental disabilities. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01618-01-9
