Senate Bill S5408

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

  • 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-S5408 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
A4520 ,
S7293 ,
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Housing

2009-S5408 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such language is spoken by at least one percent of the population.

2009-S5408 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5408 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5408

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONSERRATE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
  and Community Development

AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of  the  division  of  housing  and
  community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

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

  Section 1. The commissioner of the division of housing  and  community
renewal  is  authorized to prescribe for legal forms and applications to
be translated into Spanish and any other languages as such  commissioner
deems  appropriate,  as  long as such language is spoken by at least one
percent of the population. Such commissioner shall  further  cause  such
translated  forms  and  applications to be prepared, printed and dissem-
inated.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall make
and complete the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
lation  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on or before such
effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07769-01-9

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