S3305-2013 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Permits correction officers to be color blind

Permits correction officers to be color blind.

Sponsor: NOZZOLIO

Co-sponsor(s): AVELLA

Law Section: Correction Law
Law: Add S22-b, Cor L

S3305-2013 Actions

Feb 28, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb 27, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Feb 12, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.88
Jan 31, 2013: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

S3305-2013 Meetings

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction: Feb 12, 2013

S3305-2013 Calendars

S3305-2013 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Crime Victims, Crime and Correction - Feb 12, 2013

Ayes (11): Gallivan, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Griffo, Little, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Ritchie, Hoylman, Peralta, Rivera
Nays (2): Hassell-Thompson, Montgomery

S3305-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3305

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
permitting correction officers to be color blind

PURPOSE:  Permits correction officers to be color blind.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the correction law by adding a new  section  22-b  to
qualify  applicants  who would so otherwise be disqualified because of
their color blindness.

EXISTING LAW: None.

JUSTIFICATION:  Individuals who would otherwise be qualified to  be  a
correctional  officer  are  denied this opportunity due to being color
blind.  Operations within correctional facilities are managed  through
careful  procedures  and  do  not  require the correctional officer to
distinguish color  significance  as  police  often  utilize  in  their
duties.  Removing  this requirement will grant correctional facilities
the ability to select higher  qualified  individuals  who  would  have
normally been disqualified by this requirement.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  S.5450 of 2007/2008 S.2398 of 2009/2010 S.474 of
2011/2012

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S3305-2013 Text


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

                                    3305

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 31, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
    Correction

  AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to permitting correction
    officers to be color blind

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


    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section  22-b
  to read as follows:

    S 22-B. FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A CORRECTION OFFICER.
  EVERY  APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A CORRECTION OFFICER WHO IS QUALIFIED
  FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE DEEMED QUALIFIED EVEN IF SUCH APPLICANT  IS
  COLOR BLIND.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01467-01-3

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S3305-2013: Permits correction officers to be color blind