Senate Bill S1537

2015-2016 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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2015-S1537 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Housing
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1127
2013-2014: S3218
2017-2018: S3639
2019-2020: S4748
2021-2022: S5015
2023-2024: S5220

2015-S1537 (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.

2015-S1537 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1537

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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.
                                                           LBD06846-01-5

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