Bill Text: NY S04985 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S04985 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04985-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4985 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. The president of the commission shall collect data on the ethnicity 4 and race of every individual who takes a civil service examination 5 issued or approved by the department and the president shall prepare an 6 annual report describing the data collected. Such report shall be 7 published no later than November thirtieth of each year, beginning in 8 two thousand eighteen, and shall report information on the basis of the 9 last completed state fiscal year. The report shall be delivered to the 10 governor and the legislature and shall be made available to the public 11 via the department's website. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07374-01-7
