Bill Text: NY A05262 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5262 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to guidance to facilities and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions with federal immigration authorities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A05262 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05262-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5262

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to guidance to facilities
          and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions  with  Federal
          immigration authorities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b  of
     2  the  executive  law,  as  added  by chapter 206 of the laws of 2014, are
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (m) Encourage and assist  local  governments  in  the  development  of
     5  activities to enhance civic engagement among immigrants and in immigrant
     6  communities; [and]
     7    (n) Assist state agencies in the preparation of guidance to be dissem-
     8  inated  to  facilities and programs overseen by such agencies concerning
     9  inquiries from Federal immigration authorities seeking access  to  indi-
    10  viduals  residing or participating in such facilities or programs, or to
    11  records or other information regarding such persons; and
    12    (o) Beginning in two thousand fifteen, by June fifteenth of each year,
    13  produce a report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly,  and  the
    14  temporary  president  of  the  senate  describing  the activities of the
    15  office, including but not limited to, summarizing calls received through
    16  the hotline and website, information on ESOL training services  provided
    17  by the office, the number of immigrants assisted through the opportunity
    18  centers,  or an estimation thereof, the status of any workforce develop-
    19  ment programs, and any other relevant information.
    20    § 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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