Bill Text: NY A03653 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to mental health [A03653 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03653-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3653
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, CLARK, COLTON,
         ARROYO, BROOK-KRASNY, BRINDISI,  McDONALD,  FAHY,  ZEBROWSKI,  MOSLEY,
         SKOUFIS,  JAFFEE,  SIMANOWITZ  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
         MAGEE, SCHIMMINGER, THIELE -- read once and referred to the  Committee
         on Mental Health
       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.
                                                                  LBD01359-01-5
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