Bill Text: NY A08381 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits correction officers to be color blind.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to correction [A08381 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08381-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8381
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to permitting correction
          officers to be color blind
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 22-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 22-b. Further qualifications for employment as a correction officer.
     4  Every applicant for employment as a correction officer who is  qualified
     5  for  such employment shall be deemed qualified even if such applicant is
     6  color blind.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08190-01-7