Requires state departments, divisions, commissions, agencies and other entities which have a website to provide a link on such website to appropriate non-English information.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4387
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ESPAILLAT, WEISENBERG -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring state agen-
cies to provide certain information in non-English languages
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 164-e
2 to read as follows:
3 § 164-e. Website material. Any state department, division, commission,
4 agency or any other entity of the state which maintains a website which
5 provides any materials explaining services which such department, divi-
6 sion, commission, agency or other entity of the state provides to the
7 public and which is translated into a non-English language spoken by a
8 substantial number of the public served by any such state entity shall
9 provide a link on its website to appropriate non-English information.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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