Bill Text: NY A03706 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3706 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits placing of level 2 and 3 sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to social services [A03706 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03706-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3706
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITONE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MILLER, MARKEY, GUNTHER,
         CAMARA, ZEBROWSKI, LAVINE, BRINDISI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
         ABBATE,  ARROYO, CERETTO, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HIKIND, JOHNS, KATZ,
         MAGEE, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, RA, RAIA,  SCARBOR-
         OUGH,  SIMANOWITZ -- 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 or level three sex offenders in any temporary
         emergency housing or homeless shelters used  to  house  families  with
         children
         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  LEVEL  THREE  SEX OFFENDERS.
    4  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, NEITHER THE OFFICE OF
    5  TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE,  NOR  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICIAL
    6  ACTING  ON  HIS  OR HER OWN OR AS AN AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, SHALL
    7  PERMIT OR CAUSE THE PLACEMENT OF ANY SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN  ASSIGNED
    8  A  LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE
    9  CORRECTION LAW, INTO ANY TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING OR  HOMELESS  SHEL-
   10  TERS USED TO HOUSE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   12  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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