Bill Text: NY A08008 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to local governments [A08008 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08008-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8008

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    September 1, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments

        AN ACT in relation to prohibiting the relocation of  migrants  from  one
          municipality  to  another  municipality  unless and until a resolution
          authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of
          both the receiving municipality where the migrants are to be relocated
          and the county in which the receiving municipality is located

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

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and referred to as the
     2  "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act".
     3    §  2. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule or regulation to the
     4  contrary, no municipality shall relocate migrants from such municipality
     5  for the purpose of permanent or temporary  housing  to  another  munici-
     6  pality  in  New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relo-
     7  cation has been adopted by the governing bodies of  both  the  receiving
     8  municipality  and  the  county  in  which  the receiving municipality is
     9  located. Prior to the actual physical relocation of  the  migrants,  the
    10  relocating  municipality  shall  provide  at  least  thirty days written
    11  notice to the receiving municipality of the impending relocation of such
    12  individuals.
    13    § 3. As used in this act:
    14    (i) "municipality" means a city, town, village or hamlet in  New  York
    15  state;
    16    (ii)  "receiving  municipality"  means  the  municipality to which the
    17  migrants are to be transported; and
    18    (iii) "relocating municipality" means the municipality  in  which  the
    19  migrants  are  currently  housed  and  from which the migrants are to be
    20  relocated.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 4. A violation of the provisions of this act shall be punishable  by
     2  a  fine  in  the  amount  of $1,000 per migrant, per day, payable to the
     3  comptroller of the state of New York.
     4    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.