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Assembly Bill A3690

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to immigration services; appropriation

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2009-A3690 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services

2009-A3690 - Summary

Relates to immigration services; appropriates ten million dollars to the office of temporary and disability services to provide competitive grants to support qualified community-based organizations to provide adult English language and civics instruction classes, citizenship services, immigration legal services and/or immigrant-worker legal services for all immigrants.

2009-A3690 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3690

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CASTRO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to immigrant
  services; and making an appropriation therefor

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision (i) of section 17 of the social services law,
as relettered by section 1 of part K-3 of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
2007,  is  relettered subdivision (j) and a new subdivision (i) is added
to read as follows:
  (I) ESTABLISH AN IMMIGRANT OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED
BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE'S BUREAU OF REFUGEE
AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO SUPPORT QUALIFIED
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE:   (I) ADULT  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE
AND  CIVICS  INSTRUCTION CLASSES; (II) CITIZENSHIP SERVICES; (III) IMMI-
GRATION LEGAL SERVICES; AND/OR (IV) IMMIGRANT-WORKER LEGAL SERVICES  FOR
ALL IMMIGRANTS, IRRESPECTIVE OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
  S  2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the office  of  temporary
and disability assistance out of any moneys in the state treasury in the
general  fund  to the credit of the local assistance account, not other-
wise appropriated, and made immediately available  for  the  purpose  of
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  subdivision (i) of section 17 of the
social services law, as added by section one of this  act.  Such  moneys
shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers
certified or approved by the commissioner of the office of temporary and
disability assistance in the manner prescribed by law.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06673-01-9

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2009-A3690A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services

2009-A3690A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to immigration services; appropriates ten million dollars to the office of temporary and disability services to provide competitive grants to support qualified community-based organizations to provide adult English language and civics instruction classes, citizenship services, immigration legal services and/or immigrant-worker legal services for all immigrants.

2009-A3690A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 3690--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CASTRO, ESPAILLAT, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A.  BRENNAN, CLARK, GOTTFRIED, MENG -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Social  Services  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  immigrant
  services; and making an appropriation therefor

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (i) of section 17 of the social  services  law,
as  relettered  by  section  1  of part K-3 of chapter 57 of the laws of
2007, is relettered subdivision (j) and a new subdivision (i)  is  added
to read as follows:
  (I) ESTABLISH AN IMMIGRANT OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED
BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE'S BUREAU OF REFUGEE
AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO SUPPORT QUALIFIED
COMMUNITY-BASED  ORGANIZATIONS  TO PROVIDE:   (I) ADULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AND CIVICS INSTRUCTION CLASSES; (II) CITIZENSHIP SERVICES;  (III)  IMMI-
GRATION  LEGAL SERVICES; AND/OR (IV) IMMIGRANT-WORKER LEGAL SERVICES FOR
ALL IMMIGRANTS.
  S 2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much  thereof
as  may  be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the office of temporary
and disability assistance out of any moneys in the state treasury in the
general fund to the credit of the local assistance account,  not  other-
wise  appropriated,  and  made  immediately available for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of subdivision (i)  of  section  17  of  the
social  services  law,  as added by section one of this act. Such moneys
shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers
certified or approved by the commissioner of the office of temporary and
disability assistance in the manner prescribed by law.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06673-02-9

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