S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7064
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 23, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
         mental Disabilities
       AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to notice of  trans-
         fer of sex offender to community program or residence
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 13.09 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
    3    (H)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL NOTIFY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ANY
    4  MUNICIPALITY WHERE A SEX OFFENDER, AS DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
    5  ONE  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-EIGHT-A  OF THE CORRECTION LAW, IS
    6  TRANSFERRED TO A COMMUNITY PROGRAM OR RESIDENCE WITHIN HIS OR HER  MUNI-
    7  CIPALITY.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  NOTIFY  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
    8  SCHOOLS IN WHICH SUCH FACILITY IS LOCATED.  NOTICE  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  NO
    9  LATER THAN TEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14675-02-4