Bill Text: NY S03352 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S03352 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03352-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3352
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  the  manner  through
          which enforcement proceedings are brought
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 755 of the correction law, as added by chapter  931
     2  of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 755. Enforcement. [1. In relation to actions by public agencies, the
     4  provisions  of this article shall be enforceable by a proceeding brought
     5  pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
     6    2. In relation to actions by private employers, the] The provisions of
     7  this article shall be enforceable by the division of human rights pursu-
     8  ant to the powers and procedures set forth in  article  fifteen  of  the
     9  executive  law,  and,  concurrently,  by the New York city commission on
    10  human rights; provided, however, that nothing in this section  shall  be
    11  construed  to  limit  the  right  of a person to pursue any legal remedy
    12  available under article fifteen of the executive law or any other appli-
    13  cable provision of law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04021-01-7