Assembly Bill A6174

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Makes technical corrections to references to the office for people with developmental disabilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4276 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2019-A6174 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4276
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Various Laws, generally
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7490, S5991

2019-A6174 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Corrects various laws to ensure that the office for people with developmental disabilities is no longer referred to as the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

2019-A6174 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6174
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, the executive law, the  state  finance
   law,  the  transportation  law, the public authorities law, the public
   health law, the public  lands  law,  the  education  law,  the  social
   services  law,  the  cooperative  corporations law, the elder law, the
   correction law, the criminal procedure law, the family court act,  the
   facilities  development  corporation  act, the medical care facilities
   finance agency act and the administrative code  of  the  city  of  New
   York, in relation to making technical corrections to references to the
   office for people with developmental disabilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
 as amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Each  agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this  section.
 The  following  offices  which  provide public assistance and/or provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration  agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
 disability assistance and the department of health. Also  designated  as
 public  assistance  agencies  are  all agencies of local government that
 provide such assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies  that  provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities  are  the  department  of labor, office for the aging, division of
 veterans' affairs, office of mental health,  office  of  vocational  and
 educational  services  for  individuals with disabilities, commission on
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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