Bill Text: NY S00740 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 740 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to finger imaging of certain persons receiving food stamps.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S00740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00740-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          740
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens. SQUADRON, DUANE, KRUEGER, PARKER -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Social Services
       AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to finger imaging
         for food stamps recipients
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 139-a of the social services law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
    3    (N) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, APPLI-
    4  CANTS OR RECIPIENTS OF FOOD STAMPS WHO ARE NOT ALSO APPLICANTS  FOR,  OR
    5  RECIPIENTS  OF,  FAMILY OR SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
    6  THE FINGER IMAGING MATCHING IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    8  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03868-01-1