Bill Text: NY S07616 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes consultation and reporting requirements for municipal corporations resettling, transporting or relocating non-detained migrants to another municipal corporation within the state, which is directed, administered, or funded by the federal government, the secretary of health and human services in the case of minors, the secretary of homeland security in the case of adults, or any municipal corporation within the state or agents thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07616 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07616-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7616

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  establishing
          requirements   for  resettling,  transporting  or  relocating  certain
          migrants to other municipalities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 99-z to read as follows:
     3    §  99-z.  Requirements  for  resettling,  transporting  or  relocating
     4  certain  migrants  to other municipalities. 1. Any municipal corporation
     5  resettling, transporting or relocating non-detained migrants to  another
     6  municipal corporation within the state, which is directed, administered,
     7  or  funded  by the federal government, the secretary of health and human
     8  services in the case of minors, the secretary of  homeland  security  in
     9  the  case  of  adults,  or any municipal corporation within the state or
    10  agents thereof, shall not later than thirty days before  such  resettle-
    11  ment,  transportation,  or relocation consult with both the governor and
    12  the chief executive officer of the directly  affected  municipal  corpo-
    13  ration  regarding  the  proposed  resettlement,  transportation or relo-
    14  cation.
    15    2. (a) Not later than seven days after  the  effective  date  of  this
    16  section,  and  monthly  thereafter,  the  chief executive officer of the
    17  municipal corporation that is funding or  directing  the  relocation  of
    18  non-detained  migrants  shall make a state-specific report regarding the
    19  resettlement, transportation or relocation of such non-detained migrants
    20  in the United States during the previous month that was directed, admin-
    21  istered, or funded by the federal government  or  the  municipal  corpo-
    22  ration  or  that involved noncitizens subject to the United States immi-
    23  gration and customs enforcement's  alternatives  to  detention  program.
    24  Such  report  shall  be provided to the governor and the chief executive

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11944-02-3
        S. 7616                             2

     1  officer of every municipal corporation within the  state  that  migrants
     2  are  being transported to. Additionally such report shall be made avail-
     3  able on a publicly  accessible  government  website  for  the  municipal
     4  corporation making the report.
     5    (b) Each report shall contain:
     6    (i)  the  total number of migrants resettled, transported or relocated
     7  during the previous month and the current calendar  year,  disaggregated
     8  by:
     9    (A) the numbers of single adults, members of family units, and minors;
    10    (B) age;
    11    (C) sex; and
    12    (D) country of origin;
    13    (ii) the methods used to determine the ages of such migrants;
    14    (iii) the methods used to verify the familial status of such migrants;
    15    (iv) the types of settings in which such migrants are being resettled,
    16  transported or relocated, which may be aggregated by the general type of
    17  setting;
    18    (v) summary of the educational or occupational resources or assistance
    19  provided to such migrants;
    20    (vi)  whether  such  migrants  are granted permits to work and how any
    21  such migrants without a work permit will financially support themselves;
    22    (vii) the total amounts the municipal corporation has spent on migrant
    23  resettlement, transportation or relocation;
    24    (viii) whether the migrants are being resettled, transported or  relo-
    25  cated on a temporary or permanent basis, disaggregated by:
    26    (A) the numbers of single adults, members of family units, and minors;
    27    (B) age;
    28    (C) sex; and
    29    (D) country of origin; and
    30    (ix)  the  types of security screenings performed with respect to such
    31  migrants.
    32    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    33  have become a law.