Bill Text: NY S05837 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the eligibility criteria for a license to barber; includes non-violent felonies as a criminal conviction that the secretary of state shall not automatically disqualify an applicant over.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S05837 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05837-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5837

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 20, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the eligibility
          criteria for a license to barber

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 434 of the gener-
     2  al  business  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 469 of the laws of 2008, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) Satisfactory evidence of good  moral  character,  except  that  in
     5  determining  an applicant's good moral character, the secretary of state
     6  shall not automatically disqualify an applicant on the basis of a crimi-
     7  nal conviction, including, but not limited to non-violent felonies.  The
     8  secretary shall review such criminal history information  in  accordance
     9  with article twenty-three-A of the correction law;
    10    §  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section 438 of the general business law, as
    11  amended by chapter 469 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
    12  follows:
    13    3.  An applicant for a barber shop owner's license must establish that
    14  he or she is the real owner and possesses title to or is entitled to the
    15  possession of the shop. He or she must furnish satisfactory evidence  of
    16  proper  location  of  the shop, proper layout and adequate equipment for
    17  the shop, sanitary conditions in the shop  and  its  surroundings.  Such
    18  applicant  must also furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral charac-
    19  ter, except that in determining an applicant's good moral character, the
    20  secretary of state shall not automatically disqualify  an  applicant  on
    21  the  basis  of a criminal conviction, including, but not limited to non-
    22  violent felonies.   The secretary shall  review  such  criminal  history
    23  information  in accordance with article twenty-three-A of the correction
    24  law.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09515-01-3