Bill Text: NY S01867 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S01867 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01867-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1867
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 9, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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 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  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, NOR A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL  ACTING  ON
    6  HIS  OR  HER  OWN  OR  AS  AN  AGENT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED
    7  THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS TITLE, SHALL PERMIT OR CAUSE THE PLACEMENT OF ANY
    8  SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A LEVEL TWO  OR  LEVEL  THREE  DESIG-
    9  NATION  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, INTO ANY TEMPO-
   10  RARY EMERGENCY HOUSING OR HOMELESS SHELTERS USED TO HOUSE FAMILIES  WITH
   11  CHILDREN.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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