Prohibits any charitable, civic, eleemosynary or other similar organization or association from discriminating against persons who are performing or are seeking to perform volunteer services on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability or marital status.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6113
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 25, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO,
BARRA, CANESTRARI, EDDINGTON, GALEF, GREENE, PEOPLES, PHEFFER,
J. RIVERA, TOWNS, WRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi-
nation against persons who perform volunteer services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 34 to read as follows:
3 34. The term "volunteer services" means services performed without
4 remuneration for any organization, association, school, civic league,
5 state or local governmental agency, fund, foundation, institution, home
6 or agency, organized and operated exclusively for charitable, scientif-
7 ic, health, aesthetic, artistic, recreational, public safety, literary,
8 eleemosynary or educational purposes or for the promotion of social
9 welfare or the purpose of which is to promote the informed participation
10 of citizens in government.
11 § 2. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
12 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
13 21. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person
14 acting on behalf of any organization, association, school, civic league,
15 state or local governmental agency, fund, foundation, institution, home
16 or agency, organized and operated exclusively for charitable, scientif-
17 ic, health, aesthetic, artistic, recreational, public safety, literary,
18 eleemosynary or educational purposes or for the promotion of social
19 welfare or the purpose of which is to promote the informed participation
20 of citizens in government to discriminate in the terms, conditions or
21 privileges of such organization against any person who performs or is
22 seeking to perform volunteer services therefor on the basis of race,
23 creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability or marital status.
24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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