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S07879 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 7879                                                 A. 10129
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 16, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M.  of
          A.  Camara) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
          Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, the election law, the public officers

          law, the tax law, the general obligations law, the education law,  the
          alcoholic  beverage  control law, the general city law, chapter 882 of
          the laws of 1953, establishing a compact with the state of New  Jersey
          for  the elimination of criminal and corrupt practices in the handling
          of waterborne freight within the port of New York district, the public
          health law, the general business law, the real property law, the judi-
          ciary law, the vehicle and traffic law, the social  services  law  and
          the correction law, in relation to enacting the "New York is home act"
          to  establish  New York state citizenship, regardless of federal immi-
          gration status, and requiring the provision of certain rights of  such
          citizenship; to repeal subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and
          traffic  law relating to applications for drivers' licenses; to repeal

          section 131-k of the social services law relating to  illegal  aliens;
          and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 661 of the education law relat-
          ing to residency for eligibility for student financial aid
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "New York is home act".
     3    §  2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that New York
     4  is home to over 19.5 million individuals, including workers,  consumers,
     5  students,  neighbors and taxpayers. The wellbeing of this state is inex-
     6  tricably linked to the wellbeing of all these  New  Yorkers.  These  New
     7  Yorkers  share  a  common destiny and common dreams: a thriving New York
     8  state replete with healthy families, healthy  communities  and  striving

     9  businesses.  New  York is home to these individuals, regardless of their
    10  federal immigration status.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15364-02-4

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     1    This act addresses the compelling need to lift up all state residents,
     2  upon whom this state's society, vibrancy,  health  and  economic  growth
     3  depend.  Our  state  recognizes the value of those who contribute to and
     4  make our state home.
     5    It  also makes economic sense to enable all New Yorkers, who are pres-
     6  ent in and a part of the fabric of our state, to contribute fully to our

     7  state revenue, to participate in our state conversations, and to  access
     8  benefits  that are the foundation of a healthy, thriving New York state.
     9  Although the futures of many New Yorkers are undeniably circumscribed by
    10  current federal immigration law, many of those New Yorkers also enjoy an
    11  inchoate federal permission to be here, and this state enables  them  to
    12  make our state their home, as well. Many of these New Yorkers pay taxes,
    13  with approximately $744 million paid in state and local taxes each year.
    14  However,  current  state  law  prevents them from accessing equal higher
    15  education opportunities, health  care  benefits,  drivers  licenses  and
    16  professional  licenses. Denying New Yorkers these benefits means denying
    17  the state its full potential to succeed.
    18    The state of New York respects the exclusive province of  the  federal

    19  government  to  regulate immigration and the flow of immigrants into and
    20  out of our country. However, this state retains and asserts its historic
    21  authority to define its citizenry, and to  affirmatively  provide  state
    22  and  local  public  benefits  to  citizens of the state of New York. The
    23  state seeks to provide such benefits to all of its  citizens,  irrespec-
    24  tive  of that individual's eligibility for the same under federal law or
    25  pursuant to federal funding. There is nothing in this act that should be
    26  deemed to conflict with federal law.
    27    § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 14-A to read
    28  as follows:
    29                                ARTICLE 14-A
    30                         NEW YORK STATE CITIZENSHIP
    31  Section 275.   Definitions.
    32          275-a. State citizenship; administration.

    33          275-b. Eligibility criteria.
    34          275-c. Acceptability; benefits.
    35          275-d. State agency review.
    36          275-e. Severability.
    37          275-f. Local laws.
    38    § 275. Definitions. As used in this article:
    39    1. "New York state citizen" or "citizen" shall mean any individual who
    40  satisfies the requirements of subdivision one  of  section  two  hundred
    41  seventy-five-c of this article.
    42    2.  "New York state identification card" shall mean the physical iden-
    43  tification card that  a  citizen  is  eligible  to  receive,  and  which
    44  includes  that  citizen's  New York state identification number and such
    45  card's date of issuance.

    46    3. "New York state identification number" shall mean the unique  iden-
    47  tification  number  that  a  citizen is assigned by the office and which
    48  appears on such citizen's New York state identification card.
    49    4. "Office" shall mean the office for new Americans established by the
    50  governor.
    51    § 275-a. State citizenship; administration.  1. The provisions of this
    52  article shall be administered by the office. The office shall:
    53    (a) recognize  the  New  York  state  citizenship  of  any  individual
    54  described  in  subdivision  one of section two hundred seventy-five-b of
    55  this article, and grant and renew New  York  state  citizenship  to  any

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     1  individual  who  meets  the  criteria  set  forth  in subdivision two of
     2  section two hundred seventy-five-b of this article;
     3    (b)  grant  a  New  York  state identification card and New York state
     4  identification number to any citizen;
     5    (c) grant a renewed New York state identification card  and  New  York
     6  state  identification number to any citizen described in subdivision one
     7  of section two hundred seventy-five-b of this article, and to any  citi-
     8  zen  described  in subdivision two of section two hundred seventy-five-b
     9  of this article, who demonstrates that  they  continue  to  satisfy  the
    10  criteria set forth therein;
    11    (d)  promulgate  rules  and regulations to effect the purposes of this
    12  article; and

    13    (e) establish, publicize and administer procedures to grant  New  York
    14  state  citizenship,  New  York  state  identification cards and New York
    15  state identification numbers.
    16    2. New York state citizenship shall be a continuing status that  shall
    17  end  when  an  individual  is no longer a resident of the state. The New
    18  York state identification card and New York state identification  number
    19  shall be valid for a period of five years after the date of issuance.
    20    §  275-b.  Eligibility  criteria. Any individual, regardless of his or
    21  her immigration status, who meets either of the  following  requirements
    22  shall be deemed to be a citizen:
    23    1. is a resident of the state who is a citizen of the United States;

    24    2. is adjudged by the office to satisfy all of the following criteria:
    25    (a) has proof of identity;
    26    (b) has been a resident of the state for not less than three years;
    27    (c) has paid state resident personal income taxes, pursuant to article
    28  twenty-two  of  the tax law, for a period of not less than three taxable
    29  years; provided however, that such requirement shall not apply to  indi-
    30  viduals  who  are  students,  primary  caregivers, unable to work due to
    31  disability, unemployed or otherwise not required pursuant to such  arti-
    32  cle of the tax law to report his or her income;
    33    (d)  has  pledged  to abide by the laws of the state and to uphold the
    34  provisions of the state constitution; and

    35    (e) has attested to his or her willingness  to  serve  on  jury  duty,
    36  pursuant to article sixteen of the judiciary law, and to continue to pay
    37  any taxes required to be paid by him or her pursuant to any provision of
    38  state or local law.
    39    3.  (a)  The  state  shall  not  retain originals or copies of records
    40  provided by an applicant to prove identity or residency or other  eligi-
    41  bility requirements of state citizenship.
    42    (b) To the maximum extent allowed by applicable federal and state law,
    43  information  collected  about  applicants for state citizenship shall be
    44  treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed to  government  enti-
    45  ties or private parties unless such disclosure is:

    46    (i)  authorized  in writing by the individual to whom such information
    47  pertains, or if such individual is a minor or is otherwise  not  legally
    48  competent, by such individual's parent or legal guardian; or
    49    (ii) so ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
    50    §  275-c.  Acceptability; benefits. 1. Except as otherwise provided by
    51  federal law, a New York state identification card shall be accepted  and
    52  be  deemed  to be valid government identification where a state drivers'
    53  license would be accepted, and the New York state identification  number
    54  shall be accepted for use in substitution for a social security number.
    55    2.  Any  person in possession of a valid New York state identification

    56  card shall not be disqualified from eligibility for any of the following

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     1  state benefits by virtue of his or her lack of documentation of  federal
     2  immigration status:
     3    (a)  any  license,  permit,  certificate  or  grant  of permission, as
     4  defined in paragraph c of subdivision one of section 3-503 of the gener-
     5  al obligations law and required by the laws of this state, its political
     6  subdivisions or instrumentalities as a condition for the lawful practice
     7  of any occupation, employment, trade, vocation, business or  profession,
     8  and issued by the state or any political subdivision thereof;

     9    (b) the ability to register for and vote at state and local elections,
    10  as provided in section 5-100 of the election law;
    11    (c) public health benefits;
    12    (d)  a  drivers'  license, pursuant to section five hundred two of the
    13  vehicle and traffic law; and
    14    (e) benefits governed by articles thirteen and fourteen of the  educa-
    15  tion  law,  such  as  general  awards,  academic  performance awards and
    16  student loans for higher education; assistance under the  higher  educa-
    17  tion  opportunity  programs  and  the  collegiate science and technology
    18  entry program; financial aid opportunities for  students  of  the  state
    19  university  of  New  York, the city university of New York and community

    20  colleges; and the New York state college choice tuition savings program.
    21    3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deprive  any  individual
    22  of  any  benefit  received  by  him  or her pursuant to law prior to the
    23  effective date of this article.
    24    § 275-d. State agency review.  All state agencies shall  review  their
    25  rules  and  regulations to make sure they are consistent with this arti-
    26  cle, and make such necessary changes within one hundred eighty  days  of
    27  the effective date of this article.
    28    §  275-e. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or
    29  part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent  juris-
    30  diction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invali-

    31  date  the  remainder  thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to
    32  the clause, sentence,  paragraph,  section,  or  part  thereof  directly
    33  involved  in  the  controversy  in  which  such judgment shall have been
    34  rendered.
    35    § 275-f. Local laws.  This article shall not  prevent  the  establish-
    36  ment,  continuing  in  effect or enforcement of any law or regulation of
    37  any political subdivision of the  state  that  protects  the  rights  or
    38  fosters  the  integration  of  New  York  state citizens in a manner not
    39  inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
    40    § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 5-102 of the election law is amended  to
    41  read as follows:
    42    1.  No  person  shall  be  qualified  to  register for and vote at any

    43  election unless he or she is a citizen of the United States or he or she
    44  possesses a New York state identification card, and is or  will  be,  on
    45  the  day of such election, eighteen years of age or over, and a resident
    46  of this state and of the county, city or village for a minimum of thirty
    47  days next preceding such election.
    48    § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 3 of the public officers law, as amended
    49  by chapter 44 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
    50    1. No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who shall not,
    51  at the time he shall be chosen thereto, have attained the age  of  eigh-
    52  teen  years,  except that in the case of youth boards, youth commissions
    53  or recreation commissions only, members of such  boards  or  commissions
    54  may  be  under the age of eighteen years, but must have attained the age

    55  of sixteen years on or before appointment to  such  youth  board,  youth
    56  commission  or  recreation commission, be a citizen of the United States

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     1  or a New York state citizen, a resident of the state, and  if  it  be  a
     2  local  office,  a  resident  of  the  political subdivision or municipal
     3  corporation of the state for which he shall be chosen, or  within  which
     4  the electors electing him reside, or within which his official functions
     5  are  required  to  be  exercised,  or  who  shall  have been or shall be
     6  convicted of a violation of  the  selective  draft  act  of  the  United
     7  States,  enacted May eighteenth, nineteen hundred seventeen, or the acts
     8  amendatory or supplemental thereto, or of the federal selective training

     9  and service act of nineteen hundred forty or the acts amendatory thereof
    10  or supplemental thereto.
    11    § 6. Subparagraphs vi and vii of paragraph (b)  of  subdivision  2  of
    12  section  89 of the public officers law, as amended by section 11 of part
    13  U of chapter 61 of the laws of 2011, are amended and  two  new  subpara-
    14  graphs viii and ix are added to read as follows:
    15    vi.  information  of a personal nature contained in a workers' compen-
    16  sation record, except as provided by section one hundred  ten-a  of  the
    17  workers' compensation law; [or]
    18    vii.  disclosure  of electronic contact information, such as an e-mail
    19  address or a social network username, that has  been  collected  from  a
    20  taxpayer under section one hundred four of the real property tax law[.];

    21    viii. disclosure of information used to obtain New York state citizen-
    22  ship  on  a New York state identification card including but not limited
    23  to names, addresses and identifying information of recipients or  appli-
    24  cants  of  such  citizenship  or  cards,  and any information that could
    25  reasonably be expected to lead to such disclosure; or
    26    ix. disclosure of information when disclosure would  result  in  iden-
    27  tification of people who are New York state citizens.
    28    §  7. Subdivision 2 of section 5 of the tax law, as amended by chapter
    29  170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    30    2. Requiring information. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,
    31  every  covered  agency  shall,  as  part  of the procedure for granting,

    32  renewing, amending, supplementing or restating the license of any person
    33  or at the time the covered agency contracts  to  purchase  or  purchases
    34  goods  or  services or leases real or personal property from any person,
    35  require that each  such  person  provide  to  the  covered  agency  such
    36  person's  federal  social security account number [or], federal employer
    37  identification number or New York state identification number, or [both]
    38  all such numbers  when  such  person  has  [both]  more  than  one  such
    39  [numbers]  number,  or,  where  such person does not have such number or
    40  numbers, the reason or reasons why such person does not have such number
    41  or numbers. Such numbers or reasons shall be obtained  by  such  covered

    42  agency  as  part  of the administration of the taxes administered by the
    43  commissioner for the  purpose  of  establishing  the  identification  of
    44  persons affected by such taxes.
    45    §  8. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 5 of
    46  the tax law, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994,  is  amended
    47  to read as follows:
    48    (3)  federal  social  security  account  number [or], federal employer
    49  identification number or New York state identification number, or [both]
    50  all such numbers where  such  person  has  [both]  more  than  one  such
    51  [numbers]  number,  or  the reason or reasons, furnished by such person,
    52  why such person does not have such number or numbers.
    53    § 9. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section  3-503  of  the

    54  general  obligations law, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997,
    55  is amended to read as follows:

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     1    Every applicant for a license or renewal thereof shall provide his  or
     2  her social security number or, if he or she does not have a social secu-
     3  rity  number,  his  or  her  New York state identification number on the
     4  application.  Additionally, every applicant for  a  license  or  renewal
     5  thereof  shall  certify  in the application in a written statement under
     6  oath, duly sworn and subscribed, that as of the date the application  is
     7  filed he or she is (or is not) under obligation to pay child support and
     8  that  if  he or she is under such an obligation, that he or she does (or
     9  does not) meet one of the following requirements:

    10    § 10. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 6 of section 6506 of the  education
    11  law,  as  amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read
    12  as follows:
    13    (f) Citizenship or immigration status:  be  a  United  States  citizen
    14  [or],  an  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
    15  States or a New York state citizen;
    16    § 11. Subdivision 6 of section 6524 of the education law,  as  amended
    17  by chapter 379 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
    18    (6)  Citizenship  or  immigration  status:  be a United States citizen
    19  [or], an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United
    20  States[;  provided,  however that the board of regents may grant a three
    21  year waiver for an alien physician to practice in an area which has been

    22  designated by the department as medically underserved, except  that  the
    23  board  of  regents  may  grant an additional extension not to exceed six
    24  years to an alien physician to enable him or her to  secure  citizenship
    25  or  permanent  resident  status,  provided such status is being actively
    26  pursued; and provided further that the board of  regents  may  grant  an
    27  additional  three year waiver, and at its expiration, an extension for a
    28  period not to exceed six additional years, for the  holder  of  an  H-1b
    29  visa,  an O-1 visa, or an equivalent or successor visa thereto] or a New
    30  York state citizen;
    31    § 12. Subdivision 6 of section 6554 of the education law,  as  amended
    32  by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:

    33    (6)  Citizenship  or  immigration  status:  be a United States citizen
    34  [or], an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United
    35  States or a New York state citizen;
    36    §  13.  Subdivision 6 of section 6604 of the education law, as amended
    37  by chapter 403 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    38    (6) Citizenship or immigration status:  be  a  United  States  citizen
    39  [or],  an  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
    40  States[; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant a  three
    41  year  waiver  for  an alien to practice in an area which has been desig-
    42  nated a federal dental health professions shortage area, except that the
    43  board of regents may grant an additional extension  not  to  exceed  six

    44  years  to  an alien to enable him or her to secure citizenship or perma-
    45  nent resident status, provided such status is being actively pursued] or
    46  a New York state citizen;
    47    § 14. Subdivision 7 of section 6604-b of the education law,  as  added
    48  by chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
    49    7.  In order to be eligible for a restricted dental faculty license an
    50  applicant must be a United States citizen [or], an alien lawfully admit-
    51  ted for permanent residence in the United  States[;  provided,  however,
    52  that  the  department  may  grant  a  three year waiver for an alien who
    53  otherwise meets all other requirements for a restricted  dental  faculty
    54  license except that the department may grant an additional extension not

    55  to  exceed six years to an alien to enable him or her to secure citizen-
    56  ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active-

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     1  ly pursued. No current faculty member shall be displaced by  the  holder
     2  of a restricted dental faculty license] or a New York state citizen.
     3    §  15.  Subdivision 6 of section 6609 of the education law, as amended
     4  by chapter 403 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
     5    (6) Citizenship or immigration status:  be  a  United  States  citizen
     6  [or],  an  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
     7  States[; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant a  three

     8  year  waiver  for  an alien to practice in an area which has been desig-
     9  nated a federal dental health professions shortage area, except that the
    10  board of regents may grant an additional extension  not  to  exceed  six
    11  years  to  an alien to enable him or her to secure citizenship or perma-
    12  nent resident status, provided such status is being actively pursued] or
    13  a New York state citizen;
    14    § 16. Subdivision 6 of section 6704 of the education law,  as  amended
    15  by chapter 201 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
    16    (6)  Citizenship  or  immigration  status:  be a United States citizen
    17  [or], an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United
    18  States[;  provided,  however  that the board of regents may grant a one-

    19  time three-year waiver  for  a  veterinarian  who  otherwise  meets  the
    20  requirements  of  this article and who has accepted an offer to practice
    21  veterinary medicine in a county in the state which  the  department  has
    22  certified  as having a shortage of qualified applicants to fill existing
    23  vacancies in veterinary medicine, and provided further that the board of
    24  regents may grant an extension of such three-year  waiver  of  not  more
    25  than one year] or a New York state citizen;
    26    §  17.  Subdivision 6 of section 6711 of the education law, as amended
    27  by chapter 80 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    28    6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen [or],
    29  an alien  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in  the  United

    30  States[;  provided,  however  that the board of regents may grant a one-
    31  time three-year waiver for an animal  health  technician  who  otherwise
    32  meets  the  requirements  of  this article and provided further that the
    33  board of regents may grant an extension of such three-year waiver of not
    34  more than one year] or a New York state citizen;
    35    § 18. Subdivision 1 of section 6711-a of the education law, as amended
    36  by chapter 333 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
    37    1. Eligibility. Persons shall be eligible for  a  limited  permit  who
    38  fulfill all requirements for a license as a veterinary technician except
    39  those  relating  to  the examination [and citizenship or permanent resi-
    40  dence in the United States].

    41    § 19. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 6805  of  the  education
    42  law,  as  amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read
    43  as follows:
    44    (6) Citizenship or immigration status:  be  a  United  States  citizen
    45  [or],  an  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
    46  States or a New York state citizen;
    47    § 20. Subdivision 6 of section 6955 of the education law, as added  by
    48  chapter 327 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
    49    6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen [or],
    50  an  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States
    51  or a New York state citizen.
    52    § 21. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206  of  the  education

    53  law,  as  amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read
    54  as follows:

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     1    (6) Citizenship or immigration status:  be  a  United  States  citizen
     2  [or],  an  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
     3  States or a New York state citizen;
     4    §  22. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206-a of the education
     5  law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended  to  read
     6  as follows:
     7    (6)  Citizenship  or  immigration  status:  be a United States citizen
     8  [or], an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United
     9  States or a New York state citizen;
    10    §  23.  Paragraph  6 of subdivision 1 of section 7324 of the education

    11  law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended  to  read
    12  as follows:
    13    (6)  Citizenship  or  immigration  status:  be a United States citizen
    14  [or], an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United
    15  States or a New York state citizen;
    16    §  24.  Paragraph  6 of subdivision 1 of section 7504 of the education
    17  law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended  to  read
    18  as follows:
    19    (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen [or]
    20  ,  an  alien  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent residence in the United
    21  States or a New York state citizen;
    22    § 25. Subdivision 5 of section 7804 of the education law,  as  amended
    23  by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:

    24    (5)  Citizenship  or  immigration  status:  be a United States citizen
    25  [or], an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United
    26  States or a New York state citizen;
    27    §  26.  Subdivisions  3 and 4 of section 126 of the alcoholic beverage
    28  control law, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 133 of the laws  of  1982
    29  and  subdivision  4  as  amended by section 50 of subpart B of part C of
    30  chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
    31    3. A person who is not a citizen of the United States [or],  an  alien
    32  lawfully  admitted for permanent residence in the United States or a New
    33  York state citizen.
    34    4. A copartnership or a corporation, unless each member of  the  part-
    35  nership,  or  each of the principal officers and directors of the corpo-

    36  ration, is a citizen of the United States [or], an alien lawfully admit-
    37  ted for permanent residence in the United States or  a  New  York  state
    38  citizen,  not  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and has not been
    39  convicted of any felony or any of the misdemeanors, specified in section
    40  eleven hundred forty-six of the former penal law as in force and  effect
    41  immediately  prior  to September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, or
    42  of an offense defined in section 230.20 or 230.40 of the penal  law,  or
    43  if  so  convicted has received, subsequent to such conviction, an execu-
    44  tive pardon therefor removing this  disability  a  certificate  of  good
    45  conduct  granted  by  the department of corrections and community super-
    46  vision, or a certificate of relief  from  disabilities  granted  by  the

    47  department  of  corrections and community supervision or a court of this
    48  state  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  article  twenty-three  of  the
    49  correction  law  to  remove the disability under this section because of
    50  such conviction; provided however that  a  corporation  which  otherwise
    51  conforms to the requirements of this section and chapter may be licensed
    52  if  each  of its principal officers and more than one-half of its direc-
    53  tors are citizens of the United States [or],  aliens  lawfully  admitted
    54  for permanent residence in the United States or New York state citizens;
    55  and provided further that a corporation organized under the not-for-pro-
    56  fit corporation law or the education law which otherwise conforms to the

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     1  requirements  of this section and chapter may be licensed if each of its
     2  principal officers and more than one-half of its directors are not  less
     3  than  twenty-one  years  of  age and none of its directors are less than
     4  eighteen years of age; and provided further that a corporation organized
     5  under  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  or  the  education law and
     6  located on the premises of a college as defined by section  two  of  the
     7  education  law  which  otherwise  conforms  to  the requirements of this
     8  section and chapter may be licensed if each of  its  principal  officers
     9  and each of its directors are not less than eighteen years of age.
    10    § 27. Section 10 of the general city law, as amended by chapter 133 of
    11  the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
    12    § 10. Licenses  to  adult  blind  persons. The mayor of any city shall

    13  have the power to issue a license to any  adult  blind  person  for  the
    14  vending  of  goods,  or  newspapers  in such places as he or she may set
    15  aside for this purpose. The license shall be issued for a  term  of  one
    16  year and no charge shall be made for the license. A license shall not be
    17  issued  to a blind person unless he or she is a resident for three years
    18  in the city in which application for such license  is  made,  and  is  a
    19  citizen of the United States [or], an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
    20  nent residence in the United States or a New York state citizen.
    21    This license shall be revocable only for cause.
    22    §  28. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 2 of article X of section
    23  1 of part I of chapter 882 of the laws of 1953, establishing  a  compact

    24  with the state of New Jersey for the elimination of criminal and corrupt
    25  practices  in  the handling of waterborne freight within the port of New
    26  York district, are amended to read as follows:
    27    (a) The full name, residence, business address  (if  any),  place  and
    28  date  of  birth,  and  the  social security number or the New York state
    29  identification number of the applicant;
    30    (c) The citizenship of the applicant and, if he or she is  a  natural-
    31  ized  citizen  of  the  United  States, the court and date of his or her
    32  naturalization, or if he or she is a New York state citizen, the date of
    33  issuance of his or her New York state identification card; and
    34    § 29. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section  3421  of  the  public

    35  health law, as amended by chapter 534 of the laws of 1983, is amended to
    36  read as follows:
    37    (a) is a citizen of the United States [or], an alien lawfully admitted
    38  for  permanent  residence  in  the  United  States  or  a New York state
    39  citizen;
    40    § 30. Section 41 of the general business law, as  amended  by  chapter
    41  321 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    42    § 41. Licenses, how obtained; penalty for carrying on business without
    43  license.  The  mayor  or such local licensing authority may from time to
    44  time grant, under his or her hand and the official seal of  his  or  her
    45  office,  to  such  citizens  of  the United States, [or] aliens lawfully
    46  admitted for permanent residence in the United States or New York  state

    47  citizens, as he or she shall deem proper and who shall produce to him or
    48  her satisfactory evidence of their good character, a license authorizing
    49  such  person to carry on the business of a collateral loan broker, which
    50  license shall designate the house in which such person  shall  carry  on
    51  said  business,  and  no  person, corporation, partnership or firm shall
    52  carry on the business of a collateral loan  broker  without  being  duly
    53  licensed,  nor  in  any  other  house  than  the  one designated in said
    54  license, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each day he, she  or
    55  they shall exercise or carry on said business without such license or at
    56  any  other  house  than the one so designated. Any person receiving such

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     1  license shall pay therefor the sum of five hundred dollars for  the  use
     2  of the city yearly where such business is to be conducted in a city with
     3  a population of more than one million persons, and where the business is
     4  to  be conducted elsewhere the fee for such license shall not exceed two
     5  hundred fifty dollars yearly, and every such license  shall  expire  one
     6  year  from  the  date  thereof, and may be renewed on application to the
     7  mayor or local licensing authority each and every year on payment of the
     8  same sum and upon performance of the other conditions herein  contained.
     9  Every  person  so licensed shall, at the time of receiving such license,
    10  file with the mayor or such local licensing authority granting the  same
    11  a  bond  to  the  local  authorities,  to  be  executed by the person so
    12  licensed and by two responsible sureties, in the penal sum of ten  thou-

    13  sand dollars, to be approved by such mayor or local licensing authority,
    14  which  bond  shall  be  conditioned  for the faithful performance of the
    15  duties and obligations pertaining to the business so licensed,  and  the
    16  mayor  or  such  local  licensing  authority  shall  have full power and
    17  authority to revoke such license for cause.
    18    § 31. Subdivision 1 of section 72 of  the  general  business  law,  as
    19  amended  by  chapter  164  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
    20  follows:
    21    1. If the applicant is a person, the application shall  be  subscribed
    22  by such person, and if the applicant is a firm or partnership the appli-
    23  cation  shall be subscribed by each individual composing or intending to
    24  compose such firm or partnership. The application shall state  the  full
    25  name,  age, residences within the past three years, present and previous

    26  occupations of each person or individual so signing the same, that  each
    27  person  or  individual  is a citizen of the United States [or], an alien
    28  lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States or a  New
    29  York  state citizen and shall also specify the name of the city, town or
    30  village, stating the street and number, if the premises  have  a  street
    31  and  number, and otherwise such apt description as will reasonably indi-
    32  cate the location thereof, where is to be located the principal place of
    33  business and the bureau, agency, sub-agency, office or branch office for
    34  which the license is desired, and such further facts as may be  required
    35  by  the  department  of state to show the good character, competency and
    36  integrity of each person or individual so signing such application. Each

    37  person or individual signing such application shall, together with  such
    38  application,  submit  to the department of state, his or her photograph,
    39  taken within six months prior thereto in duplicate, in passport size and
    40  also two sets of fingerprints of his or her two hands recorded  in  such
    41  manner as may be specified by the secretary of state or the secretary of
    42  state's  authorized representative. Before approving such application it
    43  shall be the duty of the secretary of state or the secretary of  state's
    44  authorized  representative  to  forward one copy of such fingerprints to
    45  the division of criminal justice services. Upon receipt of such  finger-
    46  prints,  such  division shall forward to the secretary of state a report
    47  with respect to the applicant's previous criminal history, if any, or  a
    48  statement  that the applicant has no previous criminal history according

    49  to its files. If additional copies  of  fingerprints  are  required  the
    50  applicant  shall  furnish  them  upon  request. Such fingerprints may be
    51  submitted to the federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal
    52  history record check. The secretary shall reveal the name of the  appli-
    53  cant to the chief of police and the district attorney of the applicant's
    54  residence  and  of  the  proposed place of business and shall request of
    55  them a report concerning the applicant's character  in  the  event  they
    56  shall  have  information  concerning  it.  The secretary shall take such

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     1  other steps as may be necessary to investigate the honesty, good charac-
     2  ter and integrity of each applicant. Every such applicant for a  license

     3  as  private  investigator  shall  establish  to  the satisfaction of the
     4  secretary of state (a) if the applicant be a person, or, (b) in the case
     5  of  a  firm,  limited  liability company, partnership or corporation, at
     6  least one member of such firm, partnership, limited liability company or
     7  corporation, has been regularly employed, for a period of not less  than
     8  three  years,  undertaking  such  investigations  as  those described as
     9  performed by a private investigator in subdivision one of section seven-
    10  ty-one of this article, as a sheriff, police officer in a city or county
    11  police department, or the division of state police, investigator  in  an
    12  agency of the state, county, or United States government, or employee of
    13  a  licensed  private investigator, or has had an equivalent position and
    14  experience or that such person or member was an  employee  of  a  police

    15  department who rendered service therein as a police officer for not less
    16  than  twenty  years or was an employee of a fire department who rendered
    17  service therein as a fire marshal for not less than twenty years. Howev-
    18  er, employment as a watchman, guard or private patrolman  shall  not  be
    19  considered  employment  as a "private investigator" for purposes of this
    20  section. Every such applicant for a license as watch,  guard  or  patrol
    21  agency shall establish to the satisfaction of the secretary of state (a)
    22  if  the  applicant  be  a person, or, (b) in the case of a firm, limited
    23  liability company, partnership or corporation, at least  one  member  of
    24  such  firm,  partnership,  limited liability company or corporation, has
    25  been regularly employed, for a  period  of  not  less  than  two  years,
    26  performing  such duties or providing such services as described as those

    27  performed or furnished by a watch, guard or patrol agency in subdivision
    28  two of section seventy-one of this article, as a sheriff, police officer
    29  in a city or county police department, or employee of an agency  of  the
    30  state,  county or United States government, or licensed private investi-
    31  gator or watch, guard or patrol agency, or has had an  equivalent  posi-
    32  tion  and  experience;  qualifying  experience shall have been completed
    33  within such period of time and at such time prior to the filing  of  the
    34  application  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to the secretary of state. The
    35  person or member meeting the experience requirement under this  subdivi-
    36  sion and the person responsible for the operation and management of each
    37  bureau,  agency,  sub-agency,  office  or branch office of the applicant
    38  shall provide sufficient proof of having  taken  and  passed  a  written

    39  examination  prescribed  by  the secretary of state to test their under-
    40  standing of their rights, duties and powers as  a  private  investigator
    41  and/or  watchman, guard or private patrolman, depending upon the work to
    42  be performed under the license. In the case of an application subscribed
    43  by a resident of the  state  of  New  York  such  application  shall  be
    44  approved,  as to each resident person or individual so signing the same,
    45  but not less than five reputable citizens of the community in which such
    46  applicant resides or transacts business, or in which it is  proposed  to
    47  own,  conduct, manage or maintain the bureau, agency, sub-agency, office
    48  or branch office for which the license is desired, each  of  whom  shall
    49  subscribe and affirm as true, under the penalties of perjury, that he or
    50  she  has  personally known the said person or individual for a period of

    51  at least five years prior to the filing of such application, that he  or
    52  she  has  read such application and believes each of the statements made
    53  therein to be true, that such person is honest, of  good  character  and
    54  competent,  and  not related or connected to the person so certifying by
    55  blood or marriage. In the case of an application subscribed by a non-re-
    56  sident of the state of New York such application shall be  approved,  as

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     1  to  each  non-resident  person  or individual so signing the same by not
     2  less than five reputable citizens of the community in which such  appli-
     3  cant  resides.  The  certificate  of  approval  shall  be signed by such
     4  reputable  citizens and duly verified and acknowledged by them before an

     5  officer authorized to  take  oaths  and  acknowledgment  of  deeds.  All
     6  provisions  of  this section, applying to corporations, shall also apply
     7  to joint-stock associations, except that each such  joint-stock  associ-
     8  ation  shall  file a duly certified copy of its certificate of organiza-
     9  tion in the place of the certified copy of its certificate  of  incorpo-
    10  ration herein required.
    11    §  32.  Subdivision  4 of section 89-h of the general business law, as
    12  added by chapter 336 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
    13    4. Citizenship: be a United States citizen [or], a resident  alien  of
    14  the United States or a New York state citizen;
    15    § 33. The opening paragraph of section 440-a of the real property law,
    16  as  amended  by section 23 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,

    17  is amended to read as follows:
    18    No person, co-partnership, limited liability  company  or  corporation
    19  shall engage in or follow the business or occupation of, or hold himself
    20  or itself out or act temporarily or otherwise as a real estate broker or
    21  real  estate  salesman  in  this state without first procuring a license
    22  therefor as provided in this article. No person shall be entitled  to  a
    23  license  as  a real estate broker under this article, either as an indi-
    24  vidual or as a member of a co-partnership, or as a member or manager  of
    25  a limited liability company or as an officer of a corporation, unless he
    26  or  she  is  twenty years of age or over, a citizen of the United States
    27  [or], an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United
    28  States  or  a  New  York state citizen. No person shall be entitled to a

    29  license as a real estate salesman under this article unless he or she is
    30  over the age of eighteen years. No person shall be entitled to a license
    31  as a real estate broker or real estate salesman under this  article  who
    32  has  been  convicted  in  this  state or elsewhere of a felony, of a sex
    33  offense, as defined in subdivision two of  section  one  hundred  sixty-
    34  eight-a  of  the correction law or any offense committed outside of this
    35  state which would constitute  a  sex  offense,  or  a  sexually  violent
    36  offense,  as  defined in subdivision three of section one hundred sixty-
    37  eight-a of the correction law or  any  offense  committed  outside  this
    38  state which would constitute a sexually violent offense, and who has not
    39  subsequent  to  such  conviction received executive pardon therefor or a
    40  certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct

    41  pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law,  to  remove  the
    42  disability  under  this  section  because  of such conviction. No person
    43  shall be entitled to a license as a real estate broker  or  real  estate
    44  salesman  under  this  article  who  does  not  meet the requirements of
    45  section 3-503 of the general obligations law.
    46    § 34. Section 460 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter  226  of
    47  the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
    48    § 460. Examination and admission of attorneys. An applicant for admis-
    49  sion  to  practice  as  an attorney or counsellor in this state, must be
    50  examined and licensed to practice as prescribed in this chapter  and  in
    51  the rules of the court of appeals.  Race, creed, color, national origin,
    52  alienage  [or], sex, status as a New York state citizen or federal immi-

    53  gration card shall constitute no cause for refusing any person  examina-
    54  tion or admission to practice.

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     1    §  35. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
     2  separately amended by chapters 465 and 487  of  the  laws  of  2012,  is
     3  REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
     4    1.  Application  for  license.  (a) Application for a driver's license
     5  shall be made to the commissioner. The fee  prescribed  by  law  may  be
     6  submitted  with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof
     7  of identity, age, and fitness as may be required  by  the  commissioner.
     8  The  commissioner  may also provide that the application procedure shall

     9  include the taking of a photo  image  or  images  of  the  applicant  in
    10  accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In
    11  addition, the commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide
    12  his  or  her  social  security number or a New York state identification
    13  number and shall provide space on the application so that the  applicant
    14  may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor registry under
    15  section  forty-three  hundred  ten  of  the  public  health law with the
    16  following stated on the application in clear and conspicuous type:
    17    "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to  be  added
    18  to  the  Donate  Life  Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
    19  tion'."

    20    The commissioner of  the  department  of  health  shall  not  maintain
    21  records  of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to check
    22  a box shall not impair the validity of an application,  and  failure  to
    23  check  "yes"  or checking "skip this question" shall not be construed to
    24  imply a wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant  under  eighteen
    25  years  of  age,  checking  "yes" shall not constitute consent to make an
    26  anatomical gift or registration in the donate life  registry.  Where  an
    27  applicant  has previously consented to make an anatomical gift or regis-
    28  tered in the donate life registry,  checking  "skip  this  question"  or
    29  failing  to  check  a box shall not impair that consent or registration.

    30  The commissioner shall provide space on  the  application  so  that  the
    31  applicant  may  request  notation  upon such license that he or she is a
    32  veteran of the United Stated armed forces.   In addition,  an  applicant
    33  for  a  commercial  driver's license who will operate a commercial motor
    34  vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such  applicant  meets
    35  the  requirements to operate a commercial motor vehicle, as set forth in
    36  public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code of federal  regu-
    37  lations,  and all regulations promulgated by the United States secretary
    38  of transportation under the hazardous materials transportation  act.  In
    39  addition,  an applicant for a commercial driver's license shall submit a

    40  medical certificate at such intervals as required by the  federal  motor
    41  carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of
    42  the code of federal regulations relating to medical certification and in
    43  a  manner  prescribed  by the commissioner. For purposes of this section
    44  and sections five hundred three, five hundred ten-a,  and  five  hundred
    45  ten-aa  of  this  title,  the  terms  "medical certificate" and "medical
    46  certification" shall mean a form substantially in  compliance  with  the
    47  form  set  forth  in  Part  391.43(h) of title 49 of the code of federal
    48  regulations. Upon a determination that the holder of a commercial  driv-
    49  er's  license has made any false statement, with respect to the applica-

    50  tion for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such license.
    51    (b) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations clarifying
    52  that eligibility for a driver's license shall not require  an  applicant
    53  to  provide  a  social security number as proof of identity. The commis-
    54  sioner shall provide for the acceptance of alternative proofs of identi-
    55  ty, including New York state identification cards,  foreign  identifica-
    56  tion cards, foreign birth certificates and foreign passports.

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     1    §  36. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
     2  added by section thirty-five of this act, is amended to read as follows:

     3    1.  Application  for  license.  (a) Application for a driver's license
     4  shall be made to the commissioner. The fee  prescribed  by  law  may  be
     5  submitted  with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof
     6  of identity, age, and fitness as may be required  by  the  commissioner.
     7  The  commissioner  may also provide that the application procedure shall
     8  include the taking of a photo  image  or  images  of  the  applicant  in
     9  accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In
    10  addition, the commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide
    11  his  or  her  social  security number or a New York state identification
    12  number and [shall] provide space on the application so that  the  appli-
    13  cant  may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor registry
    14  under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law [with the

    15  following stated on the application in clear and conspicuous type:
    16    "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to  be  added
    17  to  the  Donate  Life  Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
    18  tion'."
    19    The commissioner of  the  department  of  health  shall  not  maintain
    20  records  of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to check
    21  a box shall not impair the validity of an application,  and  failure  to
    22  check  "yes"  or checking "skip this question" shall not be construed to
    23  imply a wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant  under  eighteen
    24  years  of  age,  checking  "yes" shall not constitute consent to make an
    25  anatomical gift or registration in the donate life  registry.  Where  an

    26  applicant  has previously consented to make an anatomical gift or regis-
    27  tered in the donate life registry,  checking  "skip  this  question"  or
    28  failing  to  check  a box shall not impair that consent or registration.
    29  The commissioner shall provide]; and space on the  application  so  that
    30  the applicant may request notation upon such license that he or she is a
    31  veteran  of  the  United Stated armed forces.  In addition, an applicant
    32  for a commercial driver's license who will operate  a  commercial  motor
    33  vehicle  in  interstate commerce shall certify that such applicant meets
    34  the requirements to operate a commercial motor vehicle, as set forth  in
    35  public  law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code of federal regu-
    36  lations, and all regulations promulgated by the United States  secretary

    37  of  transportation  under the hazardous materials transportation act. In
    38  addition, an applicant for a commercial driver's license shall submit  a
    39  medical  certificate  at such intervals as required by the federal motor
    40  carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of
    41  the code of federal regulations relating to medical certification and in
    42  a manner prescribed by the commissioner. For purposes  of  this  section
    43  and  sections  five  hundred three, five hundred ten-a, and five hundred
    44  ten-aa of this title,  the  terms  "medical  certificate"  and  "medical
    45  certification"  shall  mean  a form substantially in compliance with the
    46  form set forth in Part 391.43(h) of title 49  of  the  code  of  federal
    47  regulations.  Upon a determination that the holder of a commercial driv-
    48  er's license has made any false statement, with respect to the  applica-

    49  tion for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such license.
    50    (b) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations clarifying
    51  that  eligibility  for a driver's license shall not require an applicant
    52  to provide a social security number as proof of  identity.  The  commis-
    53  sioner shall provide for the acceptance of alternative proofs of identi-
    54  ty,  including  New York state identification cards, foreign identifica-
    55  tion cards, foreign birth certificates and foreign passports.

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     1    § 37. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 296
     2  of the executive law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 80 of the laws
     3  of 2009 and paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) as amended by chapter 75 of  the
     4  laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:

     5    (a)  For  an  employer or licensing agency, because of an individual's
     6  age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,  military
     7  status,  sex,  disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital
     8  status, status as a New York state citizen, or domestic violence  victim
     9  status,  to  refuse  to  hire  or  employ or to bar or to discharge from
    10  employment such individual or to discriminate against such individual in
    11  compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
    12    (b) For an employment agency to discriminate  against  any  individual
    13  because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
    14  military  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
    15  status as a New York state citizen, or  marital  status,  in  receiving,
    16  classifying,  disposing  or  otherwise  acting upon applications for its

    17  services or in referring an applicant or applicants to  an  employer  or
    18  employers.
    19    (c)  For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed, color,
    20  national origin, sexual orientation, military status,  sex,  disability,
    21  predisposing  genetic  characteristics, status as a New York state citi-
    22  zen, or marital status of any individual, to exclude or  to  expel  from
    23  its membership such individual or to discriminate in any way against any
    24  of  its members or against any employer or any individual employed by an
    25  employer.
    26    (d) For any employer or employment agency to  print  or  circulate  or
    27  cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publi-
    28  cation,  or to use any form of application for employment or to make any
    29  inquiry in  connection  with  prospective  employment,  which  expresses

    30  directly  or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination
    31  as to age, race, creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,
    32  military  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics,
    33  status as a New York state citizen, or marital status, or any intent  to
    34  make  any such limitation, specification or discrimination, unless based
    35  upon a bona fide occupational  qualification;  provided,  however,  that
    36  neither  this  paragraph  nor any provision of this chapter or other law
    37  shall be construed to prohibit the department of civil  service  or  the
    38  department of personnel of any city containing more than one county from
    39  requesting  information  from  applicants for civil service examinations
    40  concerning any of the aforementioned characteristics, other than  sexual
    41  orientation,  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  studies to identify and

    42  resolve possible problems in  recruitment  and  testing  of  members  of
    43  minority  groups  to insure the fairest possible and equal opportunities
    44  for employment in the civil service for all persons, regardless of  age,
    45  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military
    46  status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, or  mari-
    47  tal status.
    48    § 38. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1-a of section 296 of
    49  the  executive  law,  as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are
    50  amended to read as follows:
    51    (b) To deny to or withhold from any person  because  of  race,  creed,
    52  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, age,
    53  disability, status as a New York state citizen, or marital  status,  the
    54  right to be admitted to or participate in a guidance program, an appren-

    55  ticeship training program, on-the-job training program, executive train-
    56  ing program, or other occupational training or retraining program;

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     1    (c)  To  discriminate against any person in his or her pursuit of such
     2  programs or to discriminate against such a person in the  terms,  condi-
     3  tions  or  privileges  of  such  programs because of race, creed, color,
     4  national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex,  age,  status
     5  as a New York state citizen, disability or marital status;
     6    (d)  To  print  or  circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
     7  statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of  applica-
     8  tion  for  such  programs or to make any inquiry in connection with such

     9  program which expresses, directly or indirectly, any  limitation,  spec-
    10  ification  or  discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin,
    11  sexual orientation, military status, sex, age,  status  as  a  New  York
    12  state  citizen,  disability  or marital status, or any intention to make
    13  any such limitation, specification or discrimination, unless based on  a
    14  bona fide occupational qualification.
    15    §  39.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the executive
    16  law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
    17  as follows:
    18    (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
    19  being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
    20  employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
    21  because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,

    22  military  status, sex, status as a New York state citizen, or disability
    23  or marital status of any person,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  refuse,
    24  withhold  from  or deny to such person any of the accommodations, advan-
    25  tages, facilities or privileges  thereof,  including  the  extension  of
    26  credit,  or,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  publish,  circulate, issue,
    27  display, post or mail any written or printed  communication,  notice  or
    28  advertisement, to the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages,
    29  facilities  and  privileges of any such place shall be refused, withheld
    30  from or denied to any person on account of race, creed, color,  national
    31  origin,  sexual  orientation, military status, sex, status as a New York
    32  state citizen, or disability or marital status, or that the patronage or

    33  custom thereat of any person of or purporting to be  of  any  particular
    34  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military
    35  status, status as a New York state citizen, sex or  marital  status,  or
    36  having  a  disability  is  unwelcome,  objectionable  or not acceptable,
    37  desired or solicited.
    38    § 40. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of section
    39  296 of the executive law, paragraphs (a), (b) and  (c)  as  amended  and
    40  paragraph (c-1) as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended
    41  to read as follows:
    42    (a)  To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
    43  hold from any person or group of  persons  such  housing  accommodations
    44  because  of  the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual
    45  orientation, military status, age, sex, marital status, status as a  New

    46  York  state citizen, or familial status of such person or persons, or to
    47  represent that any housing accommodation or land is  not  available  for
    48  inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
    49    (b)  To  discriminate  against  any person because of his or her race,
    50  creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation,  military
    51  status, age, sex, marital status, status as a New York state citizen, or
    52  familial  status in the terms, conditions or privileges of any publicly-
    53  assisted housing accommodations or in the furnishing  of  facilities  or
    54  services in connection therewith.
    55    (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
    56  ing  the  race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orien-

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     1  tation, membership in the reserve armed forces of the United  States  or
     2  in  the organized militia of the state, age, sex, marital status, status
     3  as a New York state citizen, or familial status of a person  seeking  to
     4  rent  or  lease  any  publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided,
     5  however, that nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the
     6  reserve armed forces of the United States or in the organized militia of
     7  the state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
     8    (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or  circulated  any
     9  statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
    10  tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
    11  to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
    12  purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which

    13  expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
    14  discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
    15  tation, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as
    16  a  New York state citizen, or familial status, or any intent to make any
    17  such limitation, specification or discrimination.
    18    § 41. Subdivisions 3-b, 4 and 5 of section 296 of the  executive  law,
    19  as  amended  by  chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as
    20  follows:
    21    3-b. It shall be an unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
    22  estate  broker,  real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof or
    23  any other individual, corporation, partnership or organization  for  the
    24  purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
    25  or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-

    26  sent  that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition
    27  with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
    28  military status, status as a New York state  citizen,  sex,  disability,
    29  marital  status,  or  familial  status of the owners or occupants in the
    30  block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is  located,  and
    31  to  represent,  directly  or  indirectly,  that  this change will or may
    32  result in undesirable consequences in the block, neighborhood or area in
    33  which the real property is located, including but  not  limited  to  the
    34  lowering  of  property  values,  an  increase in criminal or anti-social
    35  behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools or other facilities.
    36    4. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice  for  an  education
    37  corporation  or  association  which holds itself out to the public to be

    38  non-sectarian and exempt from taxation pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
    39  article four of the real property tax law to deny the use of its facili-
    40  ties  to  any person otherwise qualified, or to permit the harassment of
    41  any student or applicant, by reason of his race, color, religion,  disa-
    42  bility,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military  status, sex,
    43  status as a New York state citizen, age or marital status,  except  that
    44  any  such institution which establishes or maintains a policy of educat-
    45  ing persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
    46    5. (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the  owner,
    47  lessee,  sub-lessee,  assignee,  or  managing  agent of, or other person
    48  having the right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a  housing  accommodation,
    49  constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof:

    50    (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold
    51  from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because
    52  of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military
    53  status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as a New York state
    54  citizen,  or  familial status of such person or persons, or to represent
    55  that any housing accommodation or land is not available for  inspection,
    56  sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.

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     1    (2)  To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color,
     2  national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, age, disabil-
     3  ity, marital status, status as a New York  state  citizen,  or  familial

     4  status  in  the  terms,  conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or
     5  lease  of any such housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facili-
     6  ties or services in connection therewith.
     7    (3) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
     8  statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
     9  tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation  or
    10  to  make  any  record  or  inquiry  in  connection  with the prospective
    11  purchase,  rental  or  lease  of  such  a  housing  accommodation  which
    12  expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or
    13  discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
    14  tation, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as
    15  a  New York state citizen, or familial status, or any intent to make any

    16  such limitation, specification or discrimination.
    17    The provisions of this paragraph [(a)] shall  not  apply  (1)  to  the
    18  rental  of  a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing
    19  accommodations for not more than two families  living  independently  of
    20  each  other, if the owner resides in one of such housing accommodations,
    21  (2) to the restriction of the rental of all rooms in a housing  accommo-
    22  dation  to individuals of the same sex or (3) to the rental of a room or
    23  rooms in a housing accommodation, if such rental is by the  occupant  of
    24  the  housing  accommodation or by the owner of the housing accommodation
    25  and the owner resides in such housing accommodation or (4)  solely  with
    26  respect  to  age  and  familial  status  to the restriction of the sale,
    27  rental or lease of housing accommodations exclusively to persons  sixty-

    28  two  years  of  age  or  older and the spouse of any such person, or for
    29  housing intended and operated for  occupancy  by  at  least  one  person
    30  fifty-five  years of age or older per unit. In determining whether hous-
    31  ing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons  fifty-five  years
    32  of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607 (b) (2) (c)) of the
    33  federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as amended, shall apply.
    34    (b)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
    35  lessee, sub-lessee, or managing agent of, or  other  person  having  the
    36  right of ownership or possession of or the right to sell, rent or lease,
    37  land or commercial space:
    38    (1)  To  refuse  to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny to or withhold
    39  from any person or group of persons land or commercial space because  of
    40  the  race,  creed,  color, national origin, sexual orientation, military

    41  status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as a New York state
    42  citizen, or familial status of such person or persons, or  to  represent
    43  that  any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection,
    44  sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available;
    45    (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed,  color,
    46  national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, age, disabil-
    47  ity,  marital  status,  status  as a New York state citizen, or familial
    48  status in the terms, conditions or privileges of  the  sale,  rental  or
    49  lease  of  any  such  land  or commercial space; or in the furnishing of
    50  facilities or services in connection therewith;
    51    (3) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
    52  statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-

    53  tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such land or commercial  space
    54  or  to  make  any  record  or inquiry in connection with the prospective
    55  purchase, rental or  lease  of  such  land  or  commercial  space  which
    56  expresses,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  limitation, specification or

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     1  discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orien-
     2  tation, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as
     3  a  New York state citizen, or familial status; or any intent to make any
     4  such limitation, specification or discrimination.
     5    (4)  With  respect  to age and familial status, the provisions of this
     6  paragraph shall not apply to the restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or

     7  lease  of  land  or  commercial  space exclusively to persons fifty-five
     8  years of age or older and the spouse of  any  such  person,  or  to  the
     9  restriction  of  the  sale,  rental  or lease of land to be used for the
    10  construction, or location  of  housing  accommodations  exclusively  for
    11  persons  sixty-two  years  of age or older, or intended and operated for
    12  occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age  or  older  per
    13  unit.  In determining whether housing is intended and operated for occu-
    14  pancy by persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b)  (2)  (c)
    15  (42  U.S.C. 3607(b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1988, as
    16  amended, shall apply.
    17    (c) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
    18  estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof:
    19    (1)  To  refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, land

    20  or commercial space to any person or group of persons or  to  refuse  to
    21  negotiate  for  the sale, rental or lease, of any housing accommodation,
    22  land or commercial space to any person or group of  persons  because  of
    23  the  race,  creed,  color, national origin, sexual orientation, military
    24  status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as a New York state
    25  citizen, or familial status of such person or persons, or  to  represent
    26  that  any  housing accommodation, land or commercial space is not avail-
    27  able for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so  avail-
    28  able,  or  otherwise to deny or withhold any housing accommodation, land
    29  or commercial space or any facilities of any housing accommodation, land
    30  or commercial space from any person or group of persons because  of  the
    31  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military

    32  status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as a New York state
    33  citizen, or familial status of such person or persons.
    34    (2) To print or circulate or cause to be  printed  or  circulated  any
    35  statement,  advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
    36  tion for the purchase, rental or lease  of  any  housing  accommodation,
    37  land  or commercial space or to make any record or inquiry in connection
    38  with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any  housing  accommo-
    39  dation,  land or commercial space which expresses, directly or indirect-
    40  ly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race,  creed,
    41  color,  national  origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, age,
    42  disability, marital status, status as a New York state citizen, or fami-
    43  lial status; or any intent to make any such limitation, specification or

    44  discrimination.
    45    (3) With respect to age and familial status, the  provisions  of  this
    46  paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  the restriction of the sale, rental or
    47  lease of any land or commercial space exclusively to persons  fifty-five
    48  years  of  age  or  older  and  the spouse of any such person, or to the
    49  restriction of the sale, rental or lease of any housing accommodation or
    50  land to be used for the construction or  location  of  housing  accommo-
    51  dations  for  persons  sixty-two  years of age or older, or intended and
    52  operated for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age or
    53  older per unit. In determining whether housing is intended and  operated
    54  for occupancy by persons fifty-five years of age or older, Sec.  807 (b)
    55  (2)  (c) (42 U.S.C. 3607 (b) (2) (c)) of the federal Fair Housing Act of
    56  1988, as amended, shall apply.


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     1    (d) It shall be an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
     2  estate board, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
     3  orientation,  military  status,  age,  sex,  disability, marital status,
     4  status as a New York state citizen, or familial status of any individual
     5  who  is  otherwise  qualified  for  membership, to exclude or expel such
     6  individual from membership, or to discriminate against  such  individual
     7  in the terms, conditions and privileges of membership in such board.
     8    (e)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
     9  proprietor or managing agent of, or other person  having  the  right  to
    10  provide care and services in, a private proprietary nursing home, conva-
    11  lescent  home,  or home for adults, or an intermediate care facility, as

    12  defined  in  section  two  of  the  social  services   law,   heretofore
    13  constructed,  or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof, to
    14  refuse to provide services and care in such  home  or  facility  to  any
    15  individual  or  to  discriminate  against  any  individual in the terms,
    16  conditions, and privileges of such services and care solely because such
    17  individual is a blind person. For purposes of this paragraph,  a  "blind
    18  person" shall mean a person who is registered as a blind person with the
    19  commission  for the visually handicapped and who meets the definition of
    20  a "blind person" pursuant to  section  three  of  chapter  four  hundred
    21  fifteen  of  the  laws  of nineteen hundred thirteen entitled "An act to
    22  establish a state commission for improving the condition of the blind of
    23  the state of New York, and making an appropriation therefor".

    24    (f) The provisions of this subdivision, as they relate to  age,  shall
    25  not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years.
    26    (g)  It  shall  be  an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person
    27  offering or providing housing accommodations, land or  commercial  space
    28  as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subdivision to make
    29  or  cause  to  be  made any written or oral inquiry or record concerning
    30  membership of any person in the state organized militia in  relation  to
    31  the  purchase,  rental  or lease of such housing accommodation, land, or
    32  commercial space, provided, however, that nothing  in  this  subdivision
    33  shall  prohibit a member of the state organized militia from voluntarily
    34  disclosing such membership.
    35    § 42. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 296 of  the  executive
    36  law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003 is amended to read as

    37  follows:
    38    (a)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful  discriminatory practice for any fire
    39  department or fire company therein, through any member or members there-
    40  of, officers, board of fire commissioners or other body or office having
    41  power of appointment of volunteer firefighters, directly or  indirectly,
    42  by ritualistic practice, constitutional or by-law prescription, by tacit
    43  agreement  among  its  members,  or otherwise, to deny to any individual
    44  membership in any volunteer fire department or fire company therein,  or
    45  to  expel or discriminate against any volunteer member of a fire depart-
    46  ment or fire  company  therein,  because  of  the  race,  creed,  color,
    47  national  origin,  sexual  orientation, military status, status as a New
    48  York state citizen, sex or marital status of such individual.

    49    § 43. Subdivision 13 of section 296 of the executive law,  as  amended
    50  by chapter 196 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    51    13. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice (i) for any person
    52  to  boycott  or  blacklist,  or  to refuse to buy from, sell to or trade
    53  with, or otherwise discriminate against any person, because of the race,
    54  creed, color, national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  military  status,
    55  status  as  a New York state citizen, sex, or disability of such person,
    56  or of such person's partners, members,  stockholders,  directors,  offi-

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     1  cers, managers, superintendents, agents, employees, business associates,
     2  suppliers or customers, or (ii) for any person wilfully to do any act or

     3  refrain  from  doing  any act which enables any such person to take such
     4  action. This subdivision shall not apply to:
     5    (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes; or
     6    (b) Boycotts to protest unlawful discriminatory practices.
     7    §  44.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 296-a of the executive law,
     8  as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended  to  read  as
     9  follows:
    10    1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or
    11  any officer, agent or employee thereof:
    12    a.  In  the  case  of  applications  for  credit  with  respect to the
    13  purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair  or  mainte-
    14  nance of any housing accommodation, land or commercial space to discrim-
    15  inate  against  any  such  applicant  because of the race, creed, color,
    16  national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, sex,  marital

    17  status,  disability,  status  as  a  New York state citizen, or familial
    18  status of such applicant  or  applicants  or  any  member,  stockholder,
    19  director, officer or employee of such applicant or applicants, or of the
    20  prospective  occupants or tenants of such housing accommodation, land or
    21  commercial space, in the granting, withholding, extending  or  renewing,
    22  or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any such credit;
    23    b.  To  discriminate in the granting, withholding, extending or renew-
    24  ing, or in the fixing of the rates, terms or conditions of, any form  of
    25  credit,  on  the  basis  of  race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
    26  orientation, military status,  age,  sex,  marital  status,  disability,
    27  status as a New York state citizen, or familial status;
    28    c. To use any form of application for credit or use or make any record

    29  or  inquiry  which  expresses,  directly  or indirectly, any limitation,
    30  specification, or discrimination as  to  race,  creed,  color,  national
    31  origin,  sexual  orientation, military status, age, sex, marital status,
    32  disability, status as a New York state citizen, or familial status;
    33    d. To make any inquiry of an applicant concerning his or her  capacity
    34  to reproduce, or his or her use or advocacy of any form of birth control
    35  or family planning;
    36    e.  To  refuse  to  consider  sources  of  an applicant's income or to
    37  subject an applicant's income to  discounting,  in  whole  or  in  part,
    38  because  of  an  applicant's race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
    39  orientation, military status, age,  sex,  marital  status,  childbearing
    40  potential,  disability,  status as a New York state citizen, or familial
    41  status;

    42    f. To discriminate  against  a  married  person  because  such  person
    43  neither uses nor is known by the surname of his or her spouse.
    44    This  paragraph  shall  not  apply to any situation where the use of a
    45  surname would constitute or result in a criminal act.
    46    2. Without limiting the generality of subdivision one of this section,
    47  it shall be considered discriminatory if, because of an  applicant's  or
    48  class  of applicants' race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orien-
    49  tation, military status, age, sex, marital status or disability,  status
    50  as  a  New  York  state citizen, or familial status, (i) an applicant or
    51  class of applicants is denied credit in circumstances where other appli-
    52  cants of like overall credit worthiness  are  granted  credit,  or  (ii)
    53  special  requirements  or  conditions,  such as requiring co-obligors or

    54  reapplication upon marriage, are imposed upon an applicant or  class  of
    55  applicants in circumstances where similar requirements or conditions are
    56  not imposed upon other applicants of like overall credit worthiness.

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     1    3.  It  shall  not  be  considered  discriminatory if credit differen-
     2  tiations or decisions are based upon  factually  supportable,  objective
     3  differences  in applicants' overall credit worthiness, which may include
     4  reference to such factors as current income,  assets  and  prior  credit
     5  history  of  such applicants, as well as reference to any other relevant
     6  factually supportable data; provided, however, that  no  creditor  shall
     7  consider, in evaluating the credit worthiness of an applicant, aggregate

     8  statistics  or  assumptions  relating  to  race,  creed, color, national
     9  origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, status as a  New  York
    10  state citizen, marital status or disability, or to the likelihood of any
    11  group of persons bearing or rearing children, or for that reason receiv-
    12  ing diminished or interrupted income in the future.
    13    § 45. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 296-b of the executive
    14  law,  as added by chapter 481 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
    15  follows:
    16    (b) Subject a domestic worker to unwelcome harassment based on gender,
    17  race, religion, status as a New York state citizen or  national  origin,
    18  where  such  harassment has the purpose or effect of unreasonably inter-
    19  fering with an individual's work performance by creating  an  intimidat-
    20  ing, hostile, or offensive working environment.

    21    §  46.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 1 of section 122 of the social
    22  services law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is  amended
    23  to read as follows:
    24    (c)  The  following  persons, not described in paragraph (a) or (b) of
    25  this subdivision, shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible  for  safety
    26  net  assistance  and medical assistance[, except that medical assistance
    27  shall be limited to care and services (not including care  and  services
    28  related to an organ transplant procedure) necessary for the treatment of
    29  an  emergency  medical condition as that term is defined in section 1903
    30  of the federal social security act unless and  until  federal  financial
    31  participation is available for the costs of providing medical assistance

    32  provided,  however,  that  any  such  person  who,  on the fourth day of
    33  August, nineteen hundred ninety-seven  was  residing  in  a  residential
    34  health  care facility licensed by the department of health or in a resi-
    35  dential facility licensed, operated or funded by the  office  of  mental
    36  health  or  the office of mental retardation and developmental disabili-
    37  ties, and was in receipt of a medical assistance authorization based  on
    38  a  finding  that he or she was] (i) a person permanently residing in the
    39  United States under color of  law  [shall,  if  otherwise  eligible,  be
    40  eligible  for  medical  assistance  and provided, further, that any such
    41  person who, on the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred  ninety-seven,

    42  was  diagnosed  as having AIDS, as defined in subdivision one of section
    43  two thousand seven hundred eighty of the public health law, and  was  in
    44  receipt  of medical assistance authorization pursuant to title eleven of
    45  article five of this chapter based on a finding that he  or  she  was  a
    46  person  permanently  residing  in  the  United States under color of law
    47  shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for medical assistance:
    48    (i) a qualified alien who entered the United  States  less  than  five
    49  years  earlier  or  for less than five years has had a status within the
    50  meaning of the term "qualified alien" as defined in section 431  of  the
    51  federal  personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act

    52  of 1996 (8 U.S. Code 1641), as amended, if such  entry  occurred  on  or
    53  after the twenty-second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety-six; and
    54    (ii)  an  alien  whose  status  is  not within the meaning of the term
    55  "qualified alien" as defined in section  431  of  the  federal  personal
    56  responsibility  and  work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996 (8 U.S.

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     1  Code 1641), as amended, but who is otherwise permanently residing in the
     2  United States under color of law], and (ii) New York state  citizens  if
     3  otherwise eligible shall only be eligible for medical assistance.
     4    § 47. Section 131-k of the social services law is REPEALED.

     5    § 48. The education law is amended by adding a new section 609 to read
     6  as follows:
     7    §  609. New York DREAM fund commission.  1. (a) There shall be created
     8  a New York DREAM fund commission which shall be committed  to  advancing
     9  the educational opportunities of the children of immigrants.
    10    (b)  The  New  York  DREAM fund commission shall be composed of twelve
    11  members to be appointed as follows:
    12    (i) Four members shall be appointed by the governor;
    13    (ii) Three members shall be appointed by the  temporary  president  of
    14  the senate;
    15    (iii) Three members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    16    (iv)  One  member  shall  be  appointed  by the minority leader of the
    17  senate;

    18    (v) One member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
    19  bly;
    20    (c) To the  extent  practicable,  members  of  such  commission  shall
    21  reflect  the  racial, ethnic, gender, language, and geographic diversity
    22  of the state.
    23    (d) To the  extent  practicable,  members  of  such  commission  shall
    24  include  college  and  university  administrators and faculty, and other
    25  individuals committed to advancing the educational opportunities of  the
    26  children of immigrants.
    27    (e)  Members  of  the  New York DREAM fund commission shall receive no
    28  compensation for their services.
    29    2. (a) The New York DREAM fund commission shall have the power to:
    30    (i) Administer the provisions of this section;

    31    (ii) Create and raise funds for the New York DREAM fund;
    32    (iii) Establish a not-for-profit entity charged with the  responsibil-
    33  ity  of  raising  funds  for  the administration of this section and any
    34  educational or training programs such commission is tasked with adminis-
    35  trating and funding scholarships to students who are children  of  immi-
    36  grants to the United States;
    37    (iv) Publicize the availability of such scholarships from the New York
    38  DREAM fund;
    39    (v)  Develop  criteria  and  a selection process for the recipients of
    40  scholarships from the New York DREAM fund;
    41    (vi) Research issues pertaining to the availability of assistance with
    42  the costs of higher education for the children of immigrants  and  other

    43  issues regarding access for and the performance of the children of immi-
    44  grants within higher education;
    45    (vii)  Establish, publicize, and administer training programs for high
    46  school counselors, admissions officers, and financial  aid  officers  of
    47  institutions  of  higher education. The training programs shall instruct
    48  participants on the educational opportunities available to college-bound
    49  students who are the children of immigrants, including, but not  limited
    50  to,  in-state  tuition and scholarship programs. To the extent practica-
    51  ble, the New York DREAM fund commission shall offer the training program
    52  to school districts  and  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services

    53  throughout  the state, provided however, that priority shall be given to
    54  school districts and boards of  cooperative  educational  services  with
    55  larger number of students who are the children of immigrants over school

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     1  districts  and  boards  of  cooperative educational services with lesser
     2  number of students who are the children of immigrants;
     3    (viii)  Establish  a  public  awareness campaign regarding educational
     4  opportunities available to college bound students who are  the  children
     5  of immigrants; and
     6    (ix)  Establish,  by  rule,  procedures  for  accepting and evaluating
     7  applications for scholarships from the children of immigrants and  issu-

     8  ing scholarships to selected student applicants;
     9    (b)  To  receive  a  scholarship  pursuant  to this section, a student
    10  applicant must meet the following qualifications:
    11    (i) Have resided with his or her parents or guardians while  attending
    12  a public or private high school in this state;
    13    (ii)  Have  graduated from a public or private high school or received
    14  the equivalent of a high school diploma in this state;
    15    (iii) Have attended a public or private high school in this state  for
    16  at  least  two years as of the date he or she graduated from high school
    17  or received the equivalent of a high school diploma;
    18    (iv) Have at least one parent or guardian who immigrated to the United
    19  States.

    20    (c) The New York DREAM fund commission and the  New  York  DREAM  fund
    21  shall  be  funded  entirely  by private contributions and no state funds
    22  shall be appropriated to or used by the New York DREAM fund.   No  funds
    23  of  the  New York DREAM fund or the New York DREAM fund commission shall
    24  be transferred to the general fund or any special revenue fund or  shall
    25  be  used  for  any  purpose  other  than  the purposes set forth in this
    26  section.
    27    3. The New York DREAM fund commission and  the  New  York  DREAM  fund
    28  shall be subject to the provisions of articles six and seven and section
    29  seventy-four of the public officers law.
    30    § 49. Subdivision 3 of section 661 of the education law is REPEALED.

    31    §  50.  Paragraph  a  of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education
    32  law, as amended by chapter 466 of the laws of 1977, is amended  to  read
    33  as follows:
    34    a.  (i)  Except  as provided in subdivision two of section six hundred
    35  seventy-four of this part and subparagraph (ii) of  this  paragraph,  an
    36  applicant  for  an award at the undergraduate level of study must either
    37  [(i)] (a) have been a legal resident of the state for at least one  year
    38  immediately  preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or term of
    39  attendance for which application for assistance is made, or  [(ii)]  (b)
    40  be  a  legal resident of the state and have been a legal resident during
    41  his last two semesters of high school either  prior  to  graduation,  or
    42  prior  to  admission  to college. Provided further that persons shall be

    43  eligible to receive awards under  section  six  hundred  sixty-eight  or
    44  section  six  hundred  sixty-nine  of  this part who are currently legal
    45  residents of the state and are otherwise qualified.
    46    (ii) An applicant who is not a legal resident of  the  state  eligible
    47  pursuant  to  subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, but is a United States
    48  citizen, a permanent lawful resident, a lawful  non-immigrant  alien,  a
    49  New York state citizen or an applicant without lawful immigration status
    50  shall  be  eligible  for  an  award  at the undergraduate level of study
    51  provided that the student:
    52    (a) attended a registered New York state high school for two  or  more
    53  years,  graduated  from  a  registered  New  York  state high school and

    54  applied for attendance at the institution of higher  education  for  the
    55  undergraduate  study  for  which an award is sought within five years of
    56  receiving a New York state high school diploma; or

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     1    (b) attended an approved New York  state  program  for  a  state  high
     2  school  equivalency  diploma,  received  a state high school equivalency
     3  diploma and applied for attendance at the institution of  higher  educa-
     4  tion  for  the  undergraduate  study for which an award is sought within
     5  five years of receiving a state high school equivalency diploma; or
     6    (c)  is  otherwise  eligible  for the payment of tuition and fees at a

     7  rate no greater than that imposed for resident  students  of  the  state
     8  university  of  New  York,  the city university of New York or community
     9  colleges as prescribed in subparagraph eight of paragraph h of  subdivi-
    10  sion  two of section three hundred fifty-five or paragraph (a) of subdi-
    11  vision seven of section sixty-two hundred six of this chapter.
    12    Provided, further, that a student without  lawful  immigration  status
    13  shall  also  be  required  to file an affidavit with such institution of
    14  higher education stating that the student has filed  an  application  to
    15  legalize his or her immigration status, or will file such an application
    16  as soon as he or she is eligible to do so.
    17    §  51.  Paragraph  b  of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education

    18  law, as amended by chapter 466 of the laws of 1977, is amended  to  read
    19  as follows:
    20    b.  [An] (i) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (ii) of this
    21  paragraph, an applicant for an award at the graduate level of study must
    22  either [(i)] (a) have been a legal resident of the state  for  at  least
    23  one year immediately preceding the beginning of the semester, quarter or
    24  term  of  attendance  for  which  application for assistance is made, or
    25  [(ii)] (b) be a legal resident of the state and have been a legal  resi-
    26  dent  during  his  last  academic  year  of undergraduate study and have
    27  continued to be a legal resident until  matriculation  in  the  graduate
    28  program.
    29    (ii)  An  applicant  who is not a legal resident of the state eligible

    30  pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, but is a  United  States
    31  citizen,  a  permanent  lawful resident, a lawful non-immigrant alien, a
    32  New York state citizen or an applicant without lawful immigration status
    33  shall be eligible for an award  at  the  undergraduate  level  of  study
    34  provided that the student:
    35    (a)  attended a registered approved New York state high school for two
    36  or more years, graduated from a registered New York  state  high  school
    37  and  applied  for  attendance at the institution of higher education for
    38  the graduate study for which an award is  sought  within  ten  years  of
    39  receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
    40    (b)  attended  an  approved  New  York  state program for a state high

    41  school equivalency diploma, received a  state  high  school  equivalency
    42  diploma  and  applied for attendance at the institution of higher educa-
    43  tion for the graduate study for which an  award  is  sought  within  ten
    44  years of receiving a state high school equivalency diploma; or
    45    (c)  is  otherwise  eligible  for the payment of tuition and fees at a
    46  rate no greater than that imposed for resident  students  of  the  state
    47  university  of  New  York,  the city university of New York or community
    48  colleges as prescribed in subparagraph eight of paragraph h of  subdivi-
    49  sion  two of section three hundred fifty-five or paragraph (a) of subdi-
    50  vision seven of section sixty-two hundred six of this chapter.

    51    Provided, further, that a student without  lawful  immigration  status
    52  shall  also  be  required  to file an affidavit with such institution of
    53  higher education stating that the student has filed  an  application  to
    54  legalize his or her immigration status, or will file such an application
    55  as soon as he or she is eligible to do so.

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     1    §  52.  Paragraph  d  of subdivision 5 of section 661 of the education
     2  law, as amended by chapter 844 of the laws of 1975, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    d.  If  an  applicant for an award allocated on a geographic basis has
     5  more than one residence in this state, his  or  her  residence  for  the

     6  purpose  of  this  article shall be his or her place of actual residence
     7  during the major part of the year while attending school, as  determined
     8  by the commissioner; and further provided that an applicant who does not
     9  have  a residence in this state and is eligible for an award pursuant to
    10  subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a or subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b  of
    11  this subdivision shall be deemed to reside in the geographic area of the
    12  institution  of higher education in which he or she attends for purposes
    13  of an award allocated on a geographic basis.
    14    § 53. Paragraph e of subdivision 5 of section  661  of  the  education
    15  law,  as added by chapter 630 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
    16  follows:
    17    e. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the  contra-

    18  ry,  the  New  York state [residency] eligibility [requirement] require-
    19  ments for receipt of awards [is] set forth in paragraphs a and b of this
    20  subdivision are waived for a member, or the spouse  or  dependent  of  a
    21  member,  of  the  armed  forces of the United States on full-time active
    22  duty and stationed in this state.
    23    § 54. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law
    24  is amended by adding a new subparagraph 10 to read as follows:
    25    (10) Such regulations shall further provide that any  student  who  is
    26  not a legal resident of New York state but is a United States citizen, a
    27  permanent  lawful  resident,  a  lawful  non-immigrant alien, a New York

    28  state citizen or an applicant without lawful immigration status may have
    29  the payment of tuition and other fees and charges reduced by state-aided
    30  programs, scholarships or other financial assistance awarded  under  the
    31  provisions  of articles thirteen, thirteen-A, fourteen and fourteen-A of
    32  this chapter, provided that the student meets the requirements set forth
    33  in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a or subparagraph (ii) of paragraph  b
    34  of subdivision five of section six hundred sixty-one of this chapter, as
    35  applicable.
    36    § 55. Subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is amended by
    37  adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
    38    (d)  The  trustees shall further provide that any student who is not a

    39  legal resident of New York state but  is  a  United  States  citizen,  a
    40  permanent  lawful  resident,  a  lawful  non-immigrant alien, a New York
    41  state citizen or an applicant without lawful immigration status may have
    42  the payment of tuition and other fees and charges reduced by state-aided
    43  programs, scholarships or other financial assistance awarded  under  the
    44  provisions  of articles thirteen, thirteen-A, fourteen and fourteen-A of
    45  this chapter, provided that the student meets the requirements set forth
    46  in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a or subparagraph (ii) of paragraph  b
    47  of subdivision five of section six hundred sixty-one of this chapter, as
    48  applicable.
    49    §  56.  Section  6305  of the education law is amended by adding a new

    50  subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
    51    8-a. The payment of tuition and other fees and charges  of  a  student
    52  who  is attending a community college and who is not a legal resident of
    53  New York state but is a United States citizen, a permanent lawful  resi-
    54  dent,  a  lawful  non-immigrant  alien,  a  New York state citizen or an
    55  applicant without lawful immigration status may be reduced by state-aid-
    56  ed programs, scholarships and other financial assistance  awarded  under

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     1  the provisions of articles thirteen, thirteen-A, fourteen and fourteen-A
     2  of  this  chapter,  provided that the student meets the requirements set

     3  forth in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a or subparagraph (ii) of  para-
     4  graph  b  of  subdivision  five of section six hundred sixty-one of this
     5  chapter, as applicable.
     6    § 57. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 6451  of  the  education
     7  law,  as  amended by chapter 149 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read
     8  as follows:
     9    d. Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may  include
    10  the  cost of books and necessary maintenance for such enrolled students,
    11  including students who are New York state citizens and students  without
    12  lawful  immigration  status provided that the student meets the require-
    13  ments set forth in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a or subparagraph (ii)
    14  of paragraph b of subdivision five of section six hundred  sixty-one  of

    15  this  chapter,  as applicable; provided, however, that such supplemental
    16  financial assistance shall be furnished pursuant to criteria promulgated
    17  by the commissioner with the approval of the director of the budget.
    18    § 58. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 6452
    19  of the education law, as added by chapter 917 of the laws  of  1970,  is
    20  amended to read as follows:
    21    (v) Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may include
    22  the cost of books and necessary maintenance for such students, including
    23  students  who  are  New  York state citizens and students without lawful
    24  immigration status provided that the student meets the requirements  set
    25  forth  in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a or subparagraph (ii) of para-

    26  graph b of subdivision five of section six  hundred  sixty-one  of  this
    27  chapter, as applicable; provided, however, that such supplemental finan-
    28  cial  assistance  shall be furnished pursuant to criteria promulgated by
    29  such universities and approved by the regents and the  director  of  the
    30  budget.
    31    §  59. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6455 of the education
    32  law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read  as
    33  follows:
    34    (a)  (i) Undergraduate science and technology entry program moneys may
    35  be used for tutoring, counseling, remedial and special  summer  courses,
    36  supplemental  financial  assistance,  program  administration, and other
    37  activities which the commissioner may deem appropriate. To  be  eligible
    38  for  undergraduate  collegiate  science  and  technology  entry  program

    39  support, a student must be a resident of New York [who is], or meet  the
    40  requirements  of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, and must be either
    41  economically disadvantaged or from a minority group  historically  under
    42  represented  in  the  scientific,  technical,  health and health-related
    43  professions, and [who demonstrates] must demonstrate interest in  and  a
    44  potential for a professional career if provided special services. Eligi-
    45  ble students must be in good academic standing, enrolled full time in an
    46  approved,  undergraduate  level  program  of  study,  as  defined by the
    47  regents.
    48    (ii) An applicant who is not a legal resident of New York  state,  but
    49  who  is  a  United States citizen, a permanent lawful resident, a lawful

    50  non-immigrant alien, a New York state citizen or  an  applicant  without
    51  lawful  immigration status, shall be eligible for an award at the under-
    52  graduate level of study provided that the student:
    53    (1) attended a registered New York state high school for two  or  more
    54  years,  graduated  from  a  registered  New  York  state high school and
    55  applied for attendance at the institution of higher  education  for  the

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     1  undergraduate  study  for  which an award is sought within five years of
     2  receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
     3    (2)  attended  an  approved  New  York  state program for a state high

     4  school equivalency diploma, received a  state  high  school  equivalency
     5  diploma  and  applied for attendance at the institution of higher educa-
     6  tion for the undergraduate study for which an  award  is  sought  within
     7  five  years  of  receiving  a  state  high  school  equivalency diploma,
     8  attended an approved New York state high school for two or  more  years,
     9  graduated  from  an  approved New York state high school and applied for
    10  attendance at an institution of higher education within  five  years  of
    11  receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
    12    (3)  is  otherwise  eligible  for the payment of tuition and fees at a
    13  rate no greater than that imposed for resident  students  of  the  state

    14  university  of  New  York,  the city university of New York or community
    15  colleges as prescribed in subparagraph eight of paragraph h of  subdivi-
    16  sion  two of section three hundred fifty-five or paragraph (a) of subdi-
    17  vision seven of section sixty-two hundred six of this chapter.
    18    Provided, further, that a student without  lawful  immigration  status
    19  shall  also  be  required  to file an affidavit with such institution of
    20  higher education stating that the student has filed  an  application  to
    21  legalize  his or immigration status, or will file such an application as
    22  soon as he or she is eligible to do so.
    23    § 60. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 6455 of the  education
    24  law,  as added by chapter 285 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
    25  follows:

    26    (a) (i) Graduate science and technology entry program  moneys  may  be
    27  used for recruitment, academic enrichment, career planning, supplemental
    28  financial  assistance, review for licensing examinations, program admin-
    29  istration, and other activities which the commissioner may  deem  appro-
    30  priate.  To  be  eligible for graduate collegiate science and technology
    31  entry program support, a student must be a resident  of  New  York  [who
    32  is],  or  meet  the requirements of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph,
    33  and must be either economically disadvantaged or from a  minority  group
    34  historically  underrepresented  in the scientific, technical and health-
    35  related professions. Eligible students must be in good  academic  stand-
    36  ing,  enrolled  full  time  in  an  approved  graduate level program, as
    37  defined by the regents.

    38    (ii) An applicant who is not a legal resident of New York  state,  but
    39  either is a United States citizen, a permanent lawful resident, a lawful
    40  non-immigrant  alien,  a  New York state citizen or an applicant without
    41  lawful immigration status shall be eligible for an award at  the  under-
    42  graduate level of study provided that the student:
    43    (1)  attended a registered approved New York state high school for two
    44  or more years, graduated from a registered New York  state  high  school
    45  and  applied  for  attendance at the institution of higher education for
    46  the graduate study for which an award is  sought  within  ten  years  of
    47  receiving a New York state high school diploma; or

    48    (2)  attended  an  approved  New  York  state program for a state high
    49  school equivalency diploma, received a  state  high  school  equivalency
    50  diploma  and  applied for attendance at the institution of higher educa-
    51  tion for the graduate study for which an  award  is  sought  within  ten
    52  years of receiving a state high school equivalency diploma; or
    53    (3)  is  otherwise  eligible  for the payment of tuition and fees at a
    54  rate no greater than that imposed for resident  students  of  the  state
    55  university  of  New  York,  the city university of New York or community
    56  colleges as prescribed in subparagraph eight of paragraph h of  subdivi-

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     1  sion  two of section three hundred fifty-five or paragraph (a) of subdi-
     2  vision seven of section sixty-two hundred six of this chapter.
     3    Provided,  further,  that  a student without lawful immigration status
     4  shall also be required to file an affidavit  with  such  institution  of
     5  higher  education  stating  that the student has filed an application to
     6  legalize his or her immigration status, or will file such an application
     7  as soon as he or she is eligible to do so.
     8    § 61. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a  of  subdivision  2  of  section
     9  695-e  of  the  education  law, as amended by chapter 593 of the laws of
    10  2003, is amended to read as follows:
    11    (i) the name, address and social security number [or], employer  iden-

    12  tification  number,  or individual taxpayer identification number of the
    13  account owner unless a family tuition account that was in  effect  prior
    14  to  the  effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand four-
    15  teen that amended this subparagraph does not allow for a taxpayer  iden-
    16  tification  number, in which case a taxpayer identification number shall
    17  be allowed upon the expiration of the contract;
    18    § 62. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision  2  of  section
    19  695-e  of  the  education  law, as amended by chapter 593 of the laws of
    20  2003, is amended to read as follows:
    21    (iii) the name, address, and social security  number,  employer  iden-
    22  tification  number,  or individual taxpayer identification number of the

    23  designated beneficiary, unless a family  tuition  account  that  was  in
    24  effect  prior  to  the  effective date of the chapter of the laws of two
    25  thousand fourteen that amended this subparagraph does not  allow  for  a
    26  taxpayer  identification number, in which case a taxpayer identification
    27  number shall be allowed upon the expiration of the contract; and
    28    § 63. The president of the higher education services  corporation,  in
    29  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  education, shall establish an
    30  application form and procedures that shall  allow  a  student  applicant
    31  that  meets the requirements set forth in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph
    32  a or subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 661 of
    33  the education law to apply directly to  the  higher  education  services

    34  corporation or education department for applicable awards without having
    35  to submit information to any other state or federal agency. All informa-
    36  tion  contained  within  the applications filed with such corporation or
    37  department shall be deemed confidential.
    38    § 64. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  71-b  to
    39  read as follows:
    40    §  71-b.  Persons  not  to  be detained.   1. For the purposes of this
    41  section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
    42    (a) "Civil immigration detainer" shall mean a detainer issued pursuant
    43  to 8 C.F.R. 287.7.
    44    (b) "Administrative warrant" shall  mean  an  immigration  warrant  of
    45  arrest,  order  to  detain or release aliens, notice of custody determi-

    46  nation, notice to appear, removal order,  warrant  of  removal,  or  any
    47  other  document  issued  by an immigration agent that can form the basis
    48  for an individual's arrest or detention for a civil immigration purpose.
    49    (c) "Law enforcement officer" shall mean all officers,  employees  and
    50  persons  otherwise  paid by or acting as agents of any municipal, county
    51  or state police department or department of corrections.
    52    (d) "Federal immigration authorities" shall mean any officer, employee
    53  or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of United States immi-
    54  gration and customs enforcement or any division  thereof  or  any  other
    55  officer,  employee  or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of

    56  the United States Department of Homeland Security who  is  charged  with

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     1  enforcement  of  the civil provisions of the immigration and nationality
     2  act.
     3    (e)  "Facility"  shall mean any facility owned or leased by the state,
     4  staffed by personnel paid by  the  state,  or  used  primarily  for  the
     5  conduct  of  state  business, including but not limited to any prison or
     6  jail owned or operated by any government entity under the state's juris-
     7  diction.
     8    2. (a) Law enforcement officers shall not honor  a  civil  immigration
     9  detainer  or  administrative  warrant from federal immigration officials
    10  by:

    11    (i) holding a person beyond the time when such person would  otherwise
    12  be released from custody; or
    13    (ii)  expending  time or resources responding to inquiries or communi-
    14  cating with federal immigration authorities of such person's  incarcera-
    15  tion  status, release dates, court appearance dates, or any other infor-
    16  mation related to an individual in custody unless  such  a  response  or
    17  communication is required or protected by law.
    18    (b) Unless an immigration agent has a valid and properly issued crimi-
    19  nal warrant, or law enforcement officials have a legitimate law enforce-
    20  ment  purpose that is not related to the enforcement of immigration law,
    21  law enforcement officers shall not permit any federal immigration  offi-

    22  cial to:
    23    (i) have access to any person in their custody; or
    24    (ii) have access to any facility owned or operated by the state, or by
    25  any  municipality  within  the  state,  for the purpose of investigating
    26  potential violations of the civil immigration law.
    27    3. Nothing in this section shall affect the obligation of law enforce-
    28  ment  officers  to  maintain  the  confidentiality  of  any  information
    29  obtained pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
    30    4.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer any authority
    31  on any entity to hold persons on civil immigration detainers beyond  the
    32  authority,  if  any,  that  existed  prior to the effective date of this
    33  section.

    34    5. This section supersedes all conflicting policies, rules, procedures
    35  and practices of the state. Nothing in this section shall  be  construed
    36  to  prohibit  any state agency from cooperating with federal immigration
    37  authorities when required under federal law.  Nothing  in  this  section
    38  shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any power, duty or obli-
    39  gation in conflict with any federal, state or local law.
    40    6.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  or in the administration or
    41  application hereof shall be construed as creating any private  right  of
    42  action  on  the  part  of any persons or entity against the state or the
    43  department.
    44    7. Annually on or before December thirty-first, the  department  shall

    45  post  a  report  on the department's website that includes the following
    46  information for the preceding twelve month period:
    47    (a) the number of civil immigration detainers  received  from  federal
    48  immigration authorities;
    49    (b) the number of persons held pursuant to civil immigration detainers
    50  beyond  the  time when such persons would otherwise be released from the
    51  department's custody;
    52    (c) the number of persons transferred to the custody of federal  immi-
    53  gration authorities pursuant to civil immigration detainers; and
    54    (d)  the  justification  and  legal  authority for the transfer of any
    55  individual to the custody of federal immigration authorities.


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     1    8. For the purpose of this section, any reference to a statute,  rule,
     2  or regulation shall be deemed to include any successor provision.
     3    §  65.  The  executive law is amended by adding a new section 243-a to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 243-a. Persons not to be detained.  1.  For  the  purposes  of  this
     6  section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     7    (a) "Civil immigration detainer" shall mean a detainer issued pursuant
     8  to 8 C.F.R. 287.7.
     9    (b)  "Administrative  warrant"  shall  mean  an immigration warrant of
    10  arrest, order to detain or release aliens, notice  of  custody  determi-
    11  nation,  notice  to  appear,  removal  order, warrant of removal, or any

    12  other document issued by an immigration agent that can  form  the  basis
    13  for an individual's arrest or detention for a civil immigration purpose.
    14    (c)  "Probation  officer"  shall  mean any officer, employee or person
    15  otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of the office of  probation  and
    16  correctional  alternatives, or any county or municipal probation depart-
    17  ment.
    18    (d) "Federal immigration authorities" shall mean any officer, employee
    19  or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of United States immi-
    20  gration and customs enforcement or any division  thereof  or  any  other
    21  officer,  employee  or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of
    22  the United States Department of Homeland Security who  is  charged  with

    23  enforcement  of  the civil provisions of the immigration and nationality
    24  act.
    25    (e) "Facility" shall mean any facility owned or leased by  the  state,
    26  staffed  by  personnel  paid  by  the  state,  or used primarily for the
    27  conduct of state business, including but not limited to  any  prison  or
    28  jail owned or operated by any government entity under the state's juris-
    29  diction.
    30    2. (a) Probation officers shall not honor a civil immigration detainer
    31  or administrative warrant from federal immigration officials by:
    32    (i)  holding a person beyond the time when such person would otherwise
    33  be released from custody; or
    34    (ii) expending time or resources responding to inquiries  or  communi-

    35  cating  with federal immigration authorities of such person's incarcera-
    36  tion status, release dates, court appearance dates, or any other  infor-
    37  mation  related  to  an  individual in custody unless such a response or
    38  communication is required or protected by law.
    39    (b) Unless an immigration agent has a valid and properly issued crimi-
    40  nal warrant, or law enforcement officials have a legitimate law enforce-
    41  ment purpose that is not related to the enforcement of immigration  law,
    42  probation officers shall not permit any federal immigration official to:
    43    (i) have access to any person in their custody; or
    44    (ii) have access to any facility owned or operated by the state, or by
    45  any  municipality  within  the  state,  for the purpose of investigating

    46  potential violations of the civil immigration law.
    47    (c) Unless an immigration agent has a valid and properly issued crimi-
    48  nal warrant, or probation officers have  a  legitimate  law  enforcement
    49  purpose  that  is  not related to the enforcement of immigration law, no
    50  probation officer shall
    51    (i) provide any detainee, inmate or booking  lists  to  federal  immi-
    52  gration officials; or
    53    (ii) expend time or resources responding to inquiries or communicating
    54  with federal immigration officials, regarding any person's incarceration
    55  status,  probation  status,  release date, court appearance dates or any

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     1  other information, unless such response or communications is required or
     2  protected by law.
     3    3.  Nothing  in  this section shall affect the obligation of probation
     4  officers to maintain the confidentiality  of  any  information  obtained
     5  pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
     6    4.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer any authority
     7  on any entity to hold persons on civil immigration detainers beyond  the
     8  authority,  if  any,  that  existed  prior to the effective date of this
     9  section.
    10    5. This section supersedes all conflicting policies, rules, procedures
    11  and practices of the state. Nothing in this section shall  be  construed
    12  to  prohibit  any state agency from cooperating with federal immigration

    13  authorities when required under federal law.  Nothing  in  this  section
    14  shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any power, duty or obli-
    15  gation in conflict with any federal, state or local law.
    16    6.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  or in the administration or
    17  application hereof shall be construed as creating any private  right  of
    18  action  on  the  part  of any persons or entity against the state or the
    19  office.
    20    7. Annually on or before December thirty-first, the  department  shall
    21  post a report on the office's website that includes the following infor-
    22  mation for the preceding twelve month period:
    23    (a)  the  number  of civil immigration detainers received from federal
    24  immigration authorities;

    25    (b) the number of persons held pursuant to civil immigration detainers
    26  beyond the time when such persons would otherwise be released  from  the
    27  office's custody;
    28    (c)  the number of persons transferred to the custody of federal immi-
    29  gration authorities pursuant to civil immigration detainers; and
    30    (d) the justification and legal authority  for  the  transfer  of  any
    31  individual to the custody of federal immigration authorities.
    32    8.  For the purpose of this section, any reference to a statute, rule,
    33  or regulation shall be deemed to include any successor provision.
    34    § 66. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  223-a  to
    35  read as follows:
    36    §  223-a. Prohibition on racial profiling. 1. For the purposes of this

    37  section, "racial profiling" shall mean the practice of a law enforcement
    38  officer or agency relying, to any degree, on race,  ethnicity,  national
    39  origin,  or religion in selecting which individual to subject to routine
    40  or spontaneous investigatory activities or in deciding  upon  the  scope
    41  and substance of law enforcement activity following the initial investi-
    42  gatory procedure, except when there is trustworthy information, relevant
    43  to the locality and timeframe, that links a person of a particular race,
    44  ethnicity,  national origin, or religion to an identified criminal inci-
    45  dent or scheme.
    46    2. The superintendent of state police and members of the  division  of
    47  state police shall not engage in racial profiling.

    48    3.  The  division of state police shall maintain adequate policies and
    49  procedures designed to eliminate racial  profiling  and  cease  existing
    50  practices  that  permit  racial profiling. Policies and procedures shall
    51  include:
    52    (a) a prohibition on racial profiling;
    53    (b) training on racial profiling issues as part of state police train-
    54  ing;
    55    (c) the collection of relevant data;

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     1    (d) procedures for receiving, investigating and responding meaningful-
     2  ly to complaints alleging racial profiling by members of the division of
     3  state police; and

     4    (e) any other policies and procedures the superintendent determines to
     5  be necessary to eliminate racial profiling.
     6    4.  An individual injured by racial profiling may enforce this section
     7  in a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief, upon proof  that
     8  the  routine  or  spontaneous investigatory activities of members of the
     9  division of state police have had a disparate impact on racial,  ethnic,
    10  or  religious  minorities  shall  constitute  prima  facie evidence of a
    11  violation of this section. In any action or proceeding to  enforce  this
    12  section,  the  court  may allow a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attor-
    13  ney's fees as part of the costs and may include expert fees as  part  of
    14  the attorney's fee.

    15    §  67.  The  provisions of this act shall not be construed to conflict
    16  with any provision of federal  law,  rule  or  regulation,  and  in  any
    17  circumstance in which a conflict may exist, the appropriate federal law,
    18  rule or regulation shall be controlling.
    19    § 68. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    20  ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that:
    21    (a)  the  amendments  to  section 6604-b of the education law, made by
    22  section fourteen of this act,  shall  not  affect  the  repeal  of  such
    23  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
    24    (b) section twenty-eight of this act shall take effect upon the enact-
    25  ment  into law by the state of New Jersey of legislation having an iden-
    26  tical effect with such section, but if the state  of  New  Jersey  shall
    27  have  already enacted such legislation, section twenty-eight of this act

    28  shall take effect on the effective date of this act; provided  that  the
    29  office  for  new  Americans  shall  notify the legislative bill drafting
    30  commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of such  legislation  by
    31  the  state  of  New  Jersey in order that the commission may maintain an
    32  accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
    33  of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating  the  provisions
    34  of  section  44  of  the  legislative law and section 70-b of the public
    35  officers law;
    36    (c) section thirty-six of this act shall take effect October 3,  2016;
    37  and
    38    (d)  effective  immediately,  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
    39  any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
    40  its  effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed
    41  on or before such effective date.
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