Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 15, 2010 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 10, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 09, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 08, 2010 |
1st report cal.802 |
Jun 02, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
May 20, 2010 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7902
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S7902 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A11502
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง4174, Pub Health L
2009-S7902 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7902 REVISED 06/04/10 TITLE OF BILL: 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 certificates without charge PURPOSE: To allow those who serve in the armed forces and National Guard the ability to receive a free copy or his or her birth certificate. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section One of the bill amends section 4174 of the public health law to create a new subsection (b) to state that 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 conditions. Discharges based on "homosexual conduct" shall be considered a general discharge for purposes of this section. EXISTING LAW:
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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