Assembly Bill A4242

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires translation of examinations for the license to practice cosmetology into Spanish, French, Russian, or Chinese

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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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2011-A4242 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§407 & 409, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A9214

2011-A4242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires translation of examinations for the license to practice cosmetology into Spanish, French, Russian or Chinese.

2011-A4242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4242

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
  translation of examinations for the license  to  practice  cosmetology
  into Spanish, Russian, French, or Chinese

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 407 of the general  business  law,
as  added  by  chapter  509  of  the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. Examinations shall be in  the  English  language  [and],  SHALL  BE
TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH, SPANISH, RUSSIAN, OR CHINESE IF REQUESTED BY THE
PROSPECTIVE  APPLICANT AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION FOR LICENSE IS FILED,
OR, at the discretion of the secretary, may be translated or  transposed
into  any  other  language if requested by the prospective applicant and
upon satisfactory proof of the need therefor provided that a request for
such a translated examination is made of the secretary at the  time  the
application  for  license  is  filed. In the case of physically disabled
persons, provision for the alternative administration of the examination
may be made, provided a request for such procedure is made of the secre-
tary a reasonable time in advance of the examination. Examinations shall
be held at least quarterly and shall be given in at least  four  conven-
ient places in the state.
  S  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section 409 of the general business law, as
amended by section 9 of part B of chapter 411 of the laws  of  1999,  is
amended to read as follows:
  3.  The  secretary  shall  receive a non-refundable examination fee of
fifteen dollars from each person who takes a written examination  pursu-
ant  to  this  article.  THE  SECRETARY,  IN  HIS OR HER DISCRETION, MAY
COLLECT AN ADDITIONAL FEE FROM EACH PERSON WHO REQUESTS THE  TRANSLATION
OF  THE  EXAMINATION  INTO  ANY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02967-01-1

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