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Assembly Bill A2398

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

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2021-A2398 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5015
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Housing
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1127
2013-2014: S3218
2015-2016: S1537
2017-2018: S3639
2019-2020: A9757, S4748
2023-2024: A2554, S5220
2025-2026: S3893

2021-A2398 (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.

2021-A2398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2398
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 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.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06773-01-1

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