Bill Text: NY A05853 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits municipalities from issuing government identification cards to illegal aliens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in local governments [A05853 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05853-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5853
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 20, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LALOR, DeSTEFANO, MORINELLO -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Local Governments
        AN ACT to prohibit municipalities from issuing government identification
          cards to illegal aliens
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
     2  ry, no municipalities, including any  county,  city,  town  or  village,
     3  shall issue any form of government identification card to any person who
     4  is not legally present in the United States.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00857-01-9