Senate Bill S916

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires state departments, divisions, commissions, agencies and other entities which have a website to provide a link on such website to non-English information

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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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2013-S916 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6698
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §164-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6883, A4387
2011-2012: S2746, A4198
2015-2016: S960, A5578
2017-2018: S3085, A3205
2019-2020: A3117

2013-S916 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state departments, divisions, commissions, agencies and other entities which have a website to provide a link on such website to appropriate non-English information.

2013-S916 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S916 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   916

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, PARKER, PERALTA, SQUADRON -- read twice and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Finance

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring state  agen-
  cies to provide certain information in non-English languages

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

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  164-e
to read as follows:
  S 164-E. WEBSITE MATERIAL. ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION,
AGENCY  OR ANY OTHER ENTITY OF THE STATE WHICH MAINTAINS A WEBSITE WHICH
PROVIDES ANY MATERIALS EXPLAINING SERVICES WHICH SUCH DEPARTMENT,  DIVI-
SION,  COMMISSION,  AGENCY  OR OTHER ENTITY OF THE STATE PROVIDES TO THE
PUBLIC AND WHICH IS TRANSLATED INTO A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPOKEN  BY  A
SUBSTANTIAL  NUMBER  OF THE PUBLIC SERVED BY ANY SUCH STATE ENTITY SHALL
PROVIDE A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO APPROPRIATE NON-ENGLISH INFORMATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00536-01-3


              

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