Permits correction officers to be color blind.

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S474-2011 Actions

• Mar 14, 2012: referred to correction
• Mar 14, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Mar 14, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 13, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 12, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 7, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.318
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• May 16, 2011: referred to correction
• May 16, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 16, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 10, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 9, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 8, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.185
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

S474-2011 Meetings

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction: Mar 7, 2012, Crime Victims, Crime and Correction: Mar 8, 2011

S474-2011 Calendars

Active List: Mar 14, 2012 , Active List: May 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 29, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 30, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 31, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 5, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 12, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 3, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2011

S474-2011 Votes

S474-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S474

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

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S474-2011 Text

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

                                     474

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  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.
                                                             LBD00462-01-1