S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6698 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring state agen- cies to provide certain information in non-English languages THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 164-e 2 to read as follows: 3 S 164-E. WEBSITE MATERIAL. ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION, 4 AGENCY OR ANY OTHER ENTITY OF THE STATE WHICH MAINTAINS A WEBSITE WHICH 5 PROVIDES ANY MATERIALS EXPLAINING SERVICES WHICH SUCH DEPARTMENT, DIVI- 6 SION, COMMISSION, AGENCY OR OTHER ENTITY OF THE STATE PROVIDES TO THE 7 PUBLIC AND WHICH IS TRANSLATED INTO A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY A 8 SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF THE PUBLIC SERVED BY ANY SUCH STATE ENTITY SHALL 9 PROVIDE A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO APPROPRIATE NON-ENGLISH INFORMATION. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 11 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00536-01-3