Bill Text: NY S02128 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires Russian-English language translators at polls in New York city in districts where more than 5 percent of the citizens of voting age of such political subdivision are members of the Russian language minority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02128 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02128-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2128
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to Russian translators  at
         certain polling sites in the city of New York
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 8-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7.  IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  DURING DAYS OF PRIMARY, GENERAL AND
    4  SPECIAL ELECTIONS, AT EACH PREMISES WHEREIN A POLLING  PLACE  OR  PLACES
    5  ARE LOCATED IN A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE WHERE MORE THAN FIVE
    6  PERCENT  OF  THE  CITIZENS  OF  VOTING AGE OF SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
    7  SPEAK THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND ARE LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT, AT  LEAST
    8  ONE RUSSIAN-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR DESIGNATED BY SUCH CITY SHALL BE
    9  ASSIGNED FOR DUTY FROM THE OPENING UNTIL THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS.
   10    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   11  have become a law; provided, that, effective immediately, the  addition,
   12  amendment  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule or regulation necessary for the
   13  implementation of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
   14  directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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