Bill Text: NY A03306 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to restricting placement of level two and level three sex offenders in social services district funded shelter or housing accommodations located within one thousand feet of any public or private elementary, middle, or high school; nursery school; playground; day care facility; nursing home; adult day care facility; house of worship; or senior citizen center or facility

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-26 - referred to social services [A03306 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03306-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3306
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 26, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. EDDINGTON, COLTON, ORTIZ, JOHN, KOON, McENENY,
         TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  restricting
         placement  of  level  two  and  level  three  sex  offenders in social
         services district funded shelter  or  housing  accommodations  located
         within  one thousand feet of any public or private elementary, middle,
         or high school; nursery school; playground; day care facility; nursing
         home; adult day care facility; house of  worship;  or  senior  citizen
         center or facility
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
    2  131-y to read as follows:
    3    S  131-Y. PLACEMENT OF LEVEL TWO OR THREE SEX OFFENDERS. NOTWITHSTAND-
    4  ING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, NEITHER THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN
    5  AND FAMILY SERVICES, NOR A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL ACTING ON HIS OR HER
    6  OWN  OR  AS  AN  AGENT PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF
    7  THIS TITLE, SHALL PERMIT OR CAUSE THE PLACEMENT OF ANY SEX OFFENDER  WHO
    8  HAS  BEEN  ASSIGNED  A  LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO
    9  ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, INTO  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
   10  FUNDED SHELTER OR HOUSING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET
   11  OF  ANY  PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL; NURSERY
   12  SCHOOL; PLAYGROUND; DAY CARE FACILITY;  NURSING  HOME;  ADULT  DAY  CARE
   13  FACILITY;  HOUSE  OF  WORSHIP;  SENIOR  CITIZEN  CENTER OR FACILITY. THE
   14  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY SHELTER OR HOUSING  ACCOM-
   15  MODATION  FUNDED  BY  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
   16  EITHER DIRECTLY THROUGH THE USE OF SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FUNDS OR  AS
   17  A CONDUIT FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   19  it  shall  have become a law; provided, however, that any rules or regu-
   20  lations necessary for the timely implementation  of  the  provisions  of
   21  this  act  on  its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such
   22  date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04572-01-9