Bill Text: NY A08039 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental employees [A08039 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08039-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8039
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 4, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, CRESPO, SEPULVEDA, LINARES, ARROYO,
RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, ROZIC, DAVILA, DILAN, MOYA, PICHARDO -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the creation of an
annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have
taken a civil service examination
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION SHALL COLLECT DATA ON THE ETHNICITY
4 AND RACE OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO TAKES A CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
5 ISSUED OR APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PRESIDENT SHALL PREPARE AN
6 ANNUAL REPORT DESCRIBING THE DATA COLLECTED. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE
7 PUBLISHED NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR, BEGINNING IN
8 TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, AND SHALL REPORT INFORMATION ON THE BASIS OF THE
9 LAST COMPLETED STATE FISCAL YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE
10 GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
11 VIA THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
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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