Bill Text: NY S05062 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5062 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S05062 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05062-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5062
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the creation of an
          annual report on the race and ethnic  data  of  individuals  who  have
          taken a civil service examination
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. The president of the commission shall collect data on the ethnicity
     4  and  race  of  every  individual  who  takes a civil service examination
     5  issued or approved by the department and the president shall prepare  an
     6  annual  report  describing  the  data  collected.  Such  report shall be
     7  published no later than November thirtieth of each  year,  beginning  in
     8  two  thousand  twenty,  and shall report information on the basis of the
     9  last completed state fiscal year. The report shall be delivered  to  the
    10  governor  and  the legislature and shall be made available to the public
    11  via the department's website.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07568-01-9