Bill Text: NY S01944 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a commission to evaluate the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementation in the state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-11 - PRINT NUMBER 1944A [S01944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01944-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1944--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  BONACIC,  BOYLE, BRESLIN, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, LARKIN,
          NOZZOLIO, PANEPINTO, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
          Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the 25th
          anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 commission
          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 295-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 295-a. 25th Anniversary  of  the  Americans  with  Disabilities  Act
     4  commission. 1. The governor shall establish a commission to evaluate the
     5  Americans  with  Disabilities  Act of 1990 and its implementation in the
     6  state of New York.   Such commission  shall  consist  of  the  following
     7  persons:
     8    (a)  A construction contractor who can estimate the cost of converting
     9  existing facilities into accessible facilities to be  appointed  by  the
    10  governor;
    11    (b)  A  representative  of the city of New York to be appointed by the
    12  governor upon the recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York;
    13    (c) An architect or engineer appointed by the governor;
    14    (d) An attorney with knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities  Act
    15  to be appointed by the governor;
    16    (e)  A  town supervisor or city or village mayor from a town, city, or
    17  village with a  population  greater  than  twenty-five  thousand  to  be
    18  appointed by the governor at the request of the speaker of the assembly;
    19    (f)  An advocate for persons with disabilities appointed by the gover-
    20  nor at the request of the temporary president of the senate;
    21    (g) A town supervisor or city or village mayor from a town,  city,  or
    22  village with a population less than twenty-five thousand to be appointed
    23  by the governor at the request of the speaker of the assembly; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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