Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 16, 2011 |
enacting clause stricken |
Feb 11, 2011 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A5058
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HAYES
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-A5058 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Legislative Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง32-a, Leg L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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A5793
2011-A5058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5058 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring public hearings on the budget to make accommodations for the hearing impaired THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 32-a of the legislative law, as added by chapter 762 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: S 32-a. Budget; public hearings. After submission and prior to enact- ment of the executive budget, the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee jointly or separately shall conduct public hearings on the budget. Such hearings may be conducted regionally to provide individuals and organizations throughout the state with an opportunity to comment on the budget. The committees shall make every effort to hear all those who wish to present statements at such public hearings. The chairs of the committees jointly or separately shall publish a schedule of hearings. THE COMMITTEES SHALL ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES OF A QUALIFIED INTERPRETER OR AN ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE AT SUCH HEARINGS AT NO CHARGE TO ANY PERSON WHO IS HEARING IMPAIRED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN SITUATIONAL-PERSONAL ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE TRANSMISSION AND AUDITORY RECEPTION OF SOUND. SUCH SYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE USE OF STANDARD AMPLITUDE MODULATION (AM), FREQUENCY MODULATION (FM), AUDIO INDUCTION LOOP, INFRARED LIGHT SOUND, OR HARD WIRE SYSTEMS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08733-01-1
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