Bill Text: NY A01211 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits correction officers to be color blind.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - held for consideration in correction [A01211 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01211-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1211 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, HAWLEY, RAIA, MOLINARO, FINCH -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CALHOUN, CROUCH, JORDAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on 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: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 22-b 2 to read as follows: 3 S 22-B. FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A CORRECTION OFFICER. 4 EVERY APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A CORRECTION OFFICER WHO IS QUALIFIED 5 FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE DEEMED QUALIFIED EVEN IF SUCH APPLICANT IS 6 COLOR BLIND. 7 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