Bill Text: NY S01537 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such language is spoken by at least one percent of the population.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S01537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01537-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1537
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
         Community Development
       AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  commissioner of the division of housing and
         community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The commissioner of the division of housing and community
    2  renewal is authorized to prescribe for legal forms and  applications  to
    3  be  translated into Spanish and any other languages as such commissioner
    4  deems appropriate, as long as such language is spoken by  at  least  one
    5  percent  of  the  population. Such commissioner shall further cause such
    6  translated forms and applications to be prepared,  printed  and  dissem-
    7  inated.
    8    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    9  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
   10  commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall make
   11  and  complete the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
   12  lation necessary for the implementation of this act on  or  before  such
   13  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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