Bill Text: NY A01945 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits any charitable, civic, eleemosynary or other similar organization or association from discriminating against persons who are performing or are seeking to perform volunteer services on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability or marital status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A01945 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01945-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF,
         PEOPLES-STOKES, RIVERA, WEPRIN, WRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi-
         nation against persons who perform volunteer services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 35 to read as follows:
    3    35.  THE  TERM  "VOLUNTEER  SERVICES" MEANS SERVICES PERFORMED WITHOUT
    4  REMUNERATION FOR ANY ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION,  SCHOOL,  CIVIC  LEAGUE,
    5  STATE  OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, FUND, FOUNDATION, INSTITUTION, HOME
    6  OR AGENCY, ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE,  SCIENTIF-
    7  IC,  HEALTH, AESTHETIC, ARTISTIC, RECREATIONAL, PUBLIC SAFETY, LITERARY,
    8  ELEEMOSYNARY OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OR  FOR  THE  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL
    9  WELFARE OR THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO PROMOTE THE INFORMED PARTICIPATION
   10  OF CITIZENS IN GOVERNMENT.
   11    S  2.  Section  296  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
   12  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   13    22. IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY  PRACTICE  FOR  ANY  PERSON
   14  ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION, SCHOOL, CIVIC LEAGUE,
   15  STATE  OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, FUND, FOUNDATION, INSTITUTION, HOME
   16  OR AGENCY, ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE,  SCIENTIF-
   17  IC,  HEALTH, AESTHETIC, ARTISTIC, RECREATIONAL, PUBLIC SAFETY, LITERARY,
   18  ELEEMOSYNARY OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OR  FOR  THE  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL
   19  WELFARE OR THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO PROMOTE THE INFORMED PARTICIPATION
   20  OF  CITIZENS  IN  GOVERNMENT TO DISCRIMINATE IN THE TERMS, CONDITIONS OR
   21  PRIVILEGES OF SUCH ORGANIZATION AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO  PERFORMS  OR  IS
   22  SEEKING  TO  PERFORM  VOLUNTEER  SERVICES THEREFOR ON THE BASIS OF RACE,
   23  CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, AGE, DISABILITY OR MARITAL STATUS.
   24    S 3. 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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