S6068-2011 Actions

• Oct 3, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.481
• Sep 21, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 6, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 6, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 6, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.55
• Jun 6, 2012: substituted for a9078
• May 16, 2012: referred to governmental operations
• May 16, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 16, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• May 14, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 9, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 8, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.735
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE

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S6068-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6068

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing December
third of each year as a day of commemoration known as "International Day
of Persons with Disabilities"

PURPOSE:
This bill would recognize the economic, cultural, and civic advancements
that people with disabilities contribute to New York. It will also rein-
force this state's continuing commitment to remove barriers that people
with disabilities face.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law is amended by adding
December 3 as International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

EXISTING LAW:

JUSTIFICATION:
An estimated 19.5% of all adult New Yorkers have some form of disabili-
ty. While they face numerous difficulties and challenges, people with
disabilities have contributed greatly to the fabric of this state. In
addition, a growing awareness for people with disabilities has promoted
acceptance and engendered understanding with the public at large.

Recognition of December 3rd as International Day of Persons with Disa-
bility will serve as further proof of New York's commitment to the mean-
ingful integration and participation of all its diverse people. This
state has been a paragon in promoting tolerance and equality and will
continue the role in the future.

New York would join the United Nations, World Health Organization, the
United States government and countless other countries in observing
International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S6068-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         6068
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 4, 2012
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing  December
 third  of  each year as a day of commemoration known as "International
 Day of Persons with Disabilities"
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 168-a of the executive law, as
 separately amended by chapters 31, 72, 180 and 199 of the laws of  2010,
 is amended to read as follows:

 3.  The  following  days  shall be days of commemoration in each year:

 January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon  Day",  January  twenty-sev
 enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be
 known  as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B.
 Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as  "Lithuanian  Independ
 ence  Day",  February  twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans'
 Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day",  March  tenth,  to  be
 known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Viet
 nam  Veterans'  Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day",
 April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta  Scott  King  Day",  April
 twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday
 in  May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to
 be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday  in  June,  to  be
 known  as  "Children's  Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Inde
 pendence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans  Recognition
 Day",  June  nineteenth,  to  be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June
 twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", August  twenty
 fourth,  to  be  known  as  "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty
 sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to  be
 known  as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September
 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John  Barry
 Day"  and  also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York",
 September seventeenth, to be known as  "Friedrich  Wilhelm  von  Steuben
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13825-01-2
 
       S. 6068                             2
 Memorial  Day",  the  third Friday in September to be known as "New York
 State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except  if  such  date  of  commemoration
 cannot  be  observed  due to a religious holiday, such observances shall
 then  be  conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday
 in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth  Saturday  of
 September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September,
 to  be  known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as
 "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland
 Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disa
 bilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as  "Theodore
 Roosevelt  Day",  November  ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance
 Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the
 third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State  School-Related
 Professionals  Recognition  Day",  November  thirtieth,  to  be known as
 "Shirley Chisholm Day", DECEMBER THIRD, TO BE  KNOWN  AS  "INTERNATIONAL
 DAY  OF  PERSONS  WITH  DISABILITIES",  December seventh, to be known as
 "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known  as  "Bastogne  Day"
 and  that  day  of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be
 known as "Asian New Year".
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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