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Assembly Bill A5058

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires public hearings on the budget to make accommodations for the hearing impaired

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2011-A5058 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง32-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A5793

2011-A5058 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee to ensure the services of a qualified interpreter or an assistive listening system is available at public hearings on the budget at no charge to any person who is hearing impaired.

2011-A5058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5058

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HAYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in  relation  to  requiring  public
  hearings on the budget to make accommodations for the hearing impaired

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

  Section 1. Section 32-a of the legislative law, as  added  by  chapter
762 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  S 32-a. Budget;  public hearings. After submission and prior to enact-
ment of the executive budget,  the  senate  finance  committee  and  the
assembly  ways  and  means committee jointly or separately shall conduct
public hearings on the budget. Such hearings may be conducted regionally
to provide individuals and organizations throughout the  state  with  an
opportunity  to  comment  on the budget. The committees shall make every
effort to hear all those who wish to present statements at  such  public
hearings.  The  chairs  of  the  committees  jointly or separately shall
publish a schedule of hearings.  THE COMMITTEES SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  THE
SERVICES  OF A QUALIFIED INTERPRETER OR AN ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM IS
AVAILABLE AT SUCH HEARINGS AT NO CHARGE TO ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS  HEARING
IMPAIRED.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ASSISTIVE LISTENING
SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN SITUATIONAL-PERSONAL ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE TRANSMISSION AND AUDITORY  RECEPTION  OF  SOUND.
SUCH  SYSTEM  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT BE LIMITED TO THE USE OF STANDARD
AMPLITUDE MODULATION (AM), FREQUENCY MODULATION  (FM),  AUDIO  INDUCTION
LOOP, INFRARED LIGHT SOUND, OR HARD WIRE SYSTEMS.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08733-01-1

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