Assembly Bill A1918

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the bilingual services act

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  • 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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2013-A1918 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1831
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 19-E §§460 - 470, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6544
2011-2012: A924, S4461
2015-2016: A5882, S3589
2017-2018: A6947, S2145
2019-2020: A6067

2013-A1918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the bilingual services act to provide for effective communication between all levels of government and the people of this state who are precluded from utilizing public services because of language barriers.

2013-A1918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1918

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, COOK, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. ROBINSON -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to bilingual services

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "bilingual
services act".
  S  2.  Legislative  intent.  The legislature hereby finds and declares
that the effective maintenance and development of a free and  democratic
society  depends  on the right and ability of its citizens and residents
to communicate with their government and the right and  ability  of  the
government to communicate with them.
  The legislature further finds and declares that substantial numbers of
persons  who  live,  work and pay taxes in this state are unable, either
because they do not speak or write English  at  all,  or  because  their
primary  language is other than English, to effectively communicate with
their government. The legislature further finds and declares that  state
and  local  agency  employees  frequently are unable to communicate with
persons requiring their services because of this language barrier. As  a
consequence,  substantial  numbers of persons presently are being denied
rights and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled.
  It is the intent of the legislature in enacting  this  legislation  to
provide  for effective communication between all levels of government in
this state and the people of this state who are precluded from utilizing
public services because of language barriers.
  S 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 19-E to read
as follows:
                              ARTICLE 19-E
                           BILINGUAL SERVICES

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

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