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Assembly Bill A8050

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the New York minority employment plan act

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2015-A8050 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7962
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1585

2015-A8050 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the New York minority employment plan act.

2015-A8050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8050

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 5, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to amend the civil service law, in relation to establishing the
  New York minority employment plan act

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (c) and (f) and subparagraphs 2 and 3 of para-
graph (k) of subdivision 3 of section 7-a of the civil service  law,  as
added by chapter 705 of the laws of 2006, are amended and a new subpara-
graph 4 is added to paragraph (k) to read as follows:
  (c)  shall  review [the diversity hiring practices of other states and
the federal government, including reviewing the Presidential  Management
Interim  Program  model for] recruiting [advancing Hispanic and African-
American college graduates, and recommend the  best  outcome  practices]
AND  EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES THAT WILL BRING HISPANICS AND ASIANS INTO JOBS
CLASSIFIED AS SHORTAGE CATEGORY OCCUPATIONS, AS WELL  AS  OTHER  OCCUPA-
TIONS;
  (f)  shall  review  and  recommend recruiting and employment practices
that will bring Hispanics AND ASIANS into jobs  classified  as  shortage
category occupations, as well as other occupations;
  (2) shall, on or before April first, two thousand eight, report to the
governor  and  the legislature on the status of and any actions taken on
the recommendations made pursuant to subparagraph one of this paragraph,
[and]
  (3) shall, on or before April first, two thousand nine, report to  the
governor  and  the legislature on the status of and any actions taken on
the recommendations made pursuant to subparagraph one of this paragraph,
and which actions have and have not been taken to provide for  diversity
in the state government workforce[.], AND
  (4) SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE NO LATER THAN THE
FIRST OF FEBRUARY IN EACH YEAR ON THE STATUS OF AND ANY ACTIONS TAKEN ON

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11079-01-5

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