Senate Bill S7902

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that certain New York citizens who have been discharged from the armed forces or the national guard be provided with a copy of their certificates without charge

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S7902 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11502
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4174, Pub Health L

2009-S7902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that certain New York citizens who have been discharged from the Armed Forces or the National Guard be provided with a copy of their birth certificate without charge.

2009-S7902 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7902

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 20, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  requiring  that
  certain  New  York  citizens  who  have been discharged from the armed
  forces or the national guard be provided with a copy of their  certif-
  icates without charge

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4174 of the public health law,  as
separately  amended  by  chapters  409  and  698 of the laws of 1978, is
amended to read as follows:
  4. (A) No fee shall be charged for a  search,  certification,  certif-
icate, certified copy or certified transcript of a record to be used for
school entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief
or  when required by the veterans administration to be used in determin-
ing the eligibility of any person to participate in  the  benefits  made
available  by the veterans administration or when required by a board of
elections for the purposes of determining voter eligibility.
  (B) NO FEE SHALL BE CHARGED TO ANY CITIZEN OF NEW YORK STATE  WHO  HAS
BEEN  DISCHARGED  FROM  THE  ARMED  FORCES OR THE NATIONAL GUARD WITH AN
HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WITH A GENERAL DISCHARGE  WITH  HONORABLE  CONDI-
TIONS FOR A SEARCH, CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATE, CERTIFIED COPY OR CERTI-
FIED  TRANSCRIPT  OF  HIS OR HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, A DISCHARGE BASED SOLELY ON  "HOMOSEXUAL  CONDUCT"  SHALL  BE
CONSIDERED TO BE A GENERAL DISCHARGE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15718-01-0

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