STATE OF NEW YORK
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1784
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, DIAZ, DILAN, FELDER, GOLD-
EN, GRIFFO, KENNEDY, LANZA, MURPHY, RANZENHOFER, SAVINO, SEWARD,
STAVISKY, VALESKY -- 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 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 § 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 § 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.
LBD07311-01-7