Bill Text: NY A00675 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the empire state licensing act to provide all New Yorkers with access to professional, occupational, commercial, or business licenses, permits, certificates, or related registrations regardless of an applicant's citizenship or immigration status, or lack thereof.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A00675 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-A00675-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 675 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, ANDERSON, GALLAGHER, REYES, RAMOS, SEAWRIGHT, MAMDANI, MITAYNES, PAULIN, EPSTEIN, DE LOS SANTOS, DAVILA, FORREST, SIMON, WALKER, JACKSON, HYNDMAN, KELLES, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, the public officers law, the tax law, the general obligations law, the education law, the alcoholic beverage control law, the general city law, the general business law, the labor law and the judiciary law, in relation to enacting the empire state licensing act; and to repeal certain provisions of the alcoholic beverage control law and the public health law relating thereto 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 "empire state licensing act". 3 § 2. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new article 4-D to 4 read as follows: 5 ARTICLE 4-D 6 RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS IN LICENSING 7 Section 49. Definitions. 8 49-a. Nondiscrimination and extension of licenses. 9 49-b. Application; confidentiality. 10 § 49. Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context 11 requires otherwise: 12 1. The term "license" shall include any professional, occupational, 13 commercial, or business license, permit, certificate, or any other 14 substantially similar permission, or related registration. 15 2. The term "issuing or registering entity" shall include any entity 16 that grants licenses, establishes the related qualifications, evaluates 17 the applicants, or performs any other substantially similar function. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01691-01-5A. 675 2 1 § 49-a. Nondiscrimination and extension of licenses. 1. Notwithstand- 2 ing any other provision of law, no applicant shall be denied a license 3 on account of the applicant's citizenship or immigration status, or lack 4 thereof. 5 2. Issuing and registering entities shall review license qualifica- 6 tions and application processes to ensure maximum accessibility to immi- 7 grant New Yorkers while maintaining necessary professional, occupa- 8 tional, commercial or business quality. Where a provision of law 9 requires that licenses be granted only to applicants with sufficient 10 work experience, substantially equivalent experience, including but not 11 limited to voluntary internships or externships, research fellowships, 12 experience as a consultant, or experience obtained in another state, 13 district or territory of the United States, or in a foreign country, 14 shall be accepted. When English-language proficiency is not necessary to 15 maintain professional, occupational, commercial, or business quality, 16 the application process, including any related examination, shall be 17 made accessible in an applicant's primary language. 18 § 49-b. Application; confidentiality. 1. Notwithstanding any other 19 provision of law, no issuing or registering entity shall inquire into an 20 applicant's citizenship or immigration status, or lack thereof, nor 21 shall it ask an applicant for proof of such status, or lack thereof. 22 2. Issuing or registering entities shall not inquire regarding infor- 23 mation or documents that may be probative of an applicant's place of 24 birth, including, but not limited to, country of passport issuance, 25 birth certificate, consular identification card, or passport, with the 26 exception of a social security number or social security card, or indi- 27 vidual taxpayer identification number or individual taxpayer identifica- 28 tion card, unless such information or document is necessary to establish 29 age, if relevant, or identity. A New York driver's license or learner's 30 permit, or similar document issued by another state, district, or terri- 31 tory within the United States, shall be sufficient to establish age 32 and/or identity. 33 3. Whenever an applicant for a license is asked to provide a social 34 security number or social security card, an individual taxpayer iden- 35 tification number or individual taxpayer identification card shall be 36 sufficient. No issuing or registering entity shall inquire into the 37 reasons why an applicant does not provide a social security number or 38 social security card, nor shall it ask the applicant for proof of the 39 lack of a social security number or social security card. No other 40 entity that receives information from such issuing or registering enti- 41 ty, including but not limited to the department of taxation and finance, 42 shall inquire of the issuing or registering entity regarding such infor- 43 mation or proof. 44 4. (a) The issuing or registering entity shall not retain originals or 45 copies of any documents that may be probative of an applicant's place of 46 birth, including, but not limited to, an applicant's birth certificate, 47 consular identification card, passport, social security card, or indi- 48 vidual taxpayer identification number card, for longer than the time 49 needed to review the application. Nothing in this paragraph shall 50 prevent the issuing or registering entity from retaining documents where 51 such documents are required by law to be preserved for the purposes of 52 litigation. 53 (b) To the maximum extent allowed by applicable federal and state law, 54 information or documents collected by issuing or registering entities 55 that may be probative of an applicant's place of birth, including, but 56 not limited to, country of passport issuance, birth certificate, consu-A. 675 3 1 lar identification card, passport, social security number or social 2 security card, or individual taxpayer identification number or individ- 3 ual taxpayer identification card, shall be treated as confidential and 4 shall not be disclosed unless such disclosure is: 5 (i) Authorized in writing by the individual to whom such information 6 pertains, or if such individual is a minor or is otherwise not legally 7 competent, by such individual's parent or legal guardian; or 8 (ii) Necessary to comply with a lawful court order, judicial warrant 9 signed by a judge appointed pursuant to article three of the United 10 States Constitution, or properly-issued subpoena. 11 (c) To the extent disclosure of confidential information and/or docu- 12 ments to another state entity is required pursuant to state law, such 13 information and/or documents shall be treated as confidential and not 14 further disclosed by the receiving entity, consistent with the require- 15 ments of paragraph (b) of this subdivision. 16 (d) Whenever disclosure is permitted pursuant to court order, warrant, 17 or subpoena, the issuing or registering entity shall provide the indi- 18 vidual to whom the information and/or documents pertain with a copy of 19 the court order, warrant, or subpoena within three business days of its 20 receipt. Only such information or documents specifically sought pursuant 21 to such court order, warrant, or subpoena shall be disclosed. 22 (e) All issuing or registering entities, and any other state entity 23 that may subsequently receive confidential information and/or documents, 24 shall ensure any information and/or documents that are stored electron- 25 ically, including but not limited to in databases, shall be compliant 26 with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision. Passive elec- 27 tronic access to confidential information and/or documents by external 28 individuals or entities, when disclosure is not otherwise permitted 29 pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, shall constitute an 30 unlawful disclosure. 31 § 3. Subparagraphs vii and viii of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of 32 section 89 of the public officers law, as amended by section 2 of part 33 GGG of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows: 34 vii. disclosure of electronic contact information, such as an e-mail 35 address or a social network username, that has been collected from a 36 taxpayer under section one hundred four of the real property tax law; 37 [or] 38 viii. disclosure of law enforcement arrest or booking photographs of 39 an individual, unless public release of such photographs will serve a 40 specific law enforcement purpose and disclosure is not precluded by any 41 state or federal laws; or 42 ix. disclosure of information obtained through application for a 43 professional, occupational, commercial, or business license, permit, 44 certificate, or any substantially similar permission, or related regis- 45 tration, that might indicate the applicant's citizenship or immigration 46 status. 47 § 4. Subdivision 2 and subparagraph 3 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 48 3 of section 5 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 49 1994, are amended to read as follows: 50 2. Requiring information. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 51 every covered agency shall, as part of the procedure for granting, 52 renewing, amending, supplementing or restating the license of any person 53 or at the time the covered agency contracts to purchase or purchases 54 goods or services or leases real or personal property from any person, 55 require that each such person provide to the covered agency such 56 person's federal social security account number [or], federal employerA. 675 4 1 identification number, or [both such numbers when such person has both2such numbers, or, where such person does not have such number or3numbers, the reason or reasons why such person does not have such number4or numbers] the federal individual taxpayer identification number. Such 5 numbers [or reasons] shall be obtained by such covered agency as part of 6 the administration of the taxes administered by the commissioner for the 7 purpose of establishing the identification of persons affected by such 8 taxes. 9 (3) federal social security account number [or], federal employer 10 identification number, or [both such numbers where such person has both11such numbers, or the reason or reasons, furnished by such person, why12such person does not have such number or numbers] the federal individual 13 taxpayer identification number. 14 § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 3-503 of the general obligations law, as 15 amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 2. Every applicant for a license or renewal thereof shall provide [his18or her] their social security number or individual taxpayer identifica- 19 tion number on the application. Additionally, every applicant for a 20 license or renewal thereof shall certify in the application in a written 21 statement under oath, duly sworn and subscribed, that as of the date the 22 application is filed [he or she] such applicant is (or is not) under 23 obligation to pay child support and that if [he or she is] they are 24 under such an obligation, that [he or she] such applicant does (or does 25 not) meet one of the following requirements: 26 a. [he or she] the applicant is not four months or more in arrears in 27 the payment of child support; or 28 b. [he or she] the applicant is making payments by income execution or 29 by court agreed payment or repayment plan or by plan agreed to by the 30 parties; or 31 c. the child support obligation is the subject of a pending court 32 proceeding; or 33 d. [he or she] the applicant is receiving public assistance or supple- 34 mental security income. 35 § 6. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 6 of section 6506 of the education 36 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 37 as follows: 38 (f) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or39a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United40States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 41 gration status; 42 § 7. Subdivision 6 of section 6524 of the education law, as amended by 43 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 44 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or45a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United46States; provided, however that the board of regents may grant a three47year waiver for a noncitizen physician to practice in an area which has48been designated by the department as medically underserved, except that49the board of regents may grant an additional extension not to exceed six50years to a noncitizen physician to enable him or her to secure citizen-51ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active-52ly pursued; and provided further that the board of regents may grant an53additional three year waiver, and at its expiration, an extension for a54period not to exceed six additional years, for the holder of an H-1b55visa, an O-1 visa, or an equivalent or successor visa thereto] meet no 56 requirement as to United States citizenship or immigration status;A. 675 5 1 § 8. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 of section 6525 of the education 2 law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 (1) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a physi- 5 cian except those relating to the examination [and citizenship or perma-6nent residence in the United States]; 7 § 9. Subdivision 6 of section 6554 of the education law, as amended by 8 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 9 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or10a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United11States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 12 gration status; 13 § 10. Subdivision 6 of section 6604 of the education law, as amended 14 by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 15 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or16a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United17States; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant a three18year waiver for a noncitizen to practice in an area which has been19designated a federal dental health professions shortage area, except20that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not to21exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her to secure citizen-22ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active-23ly pursued] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 24 gration status; 25 § 11. Subdivision 7 of section 6604-b of the education law, as amended 26 by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 27 7. In order to be eligible for a restricted dental faculty license an 28 applicant must [be a United States citizen or a noncitizen lawfully29admitted for permanent residence in the United States; provided, howev-30er, that the department may grant a three year waiver for a noncitizen31who otherwise meets all other requirements for a restricted dental32faculty license except that the department may grant an additional33extension not to exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her34to secure citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status35is being actively pursued] meet no requirement as to United States citi- 36 zenship or immigration status. No current faculty member shall be 37 displaced by the holder of a restricted dental faculty license. 38 § 12. Subdivision 6 of section 6609 of the education law, as amended 39 by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 40 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or41a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United42States; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant a three43year waiver for a noncitizen to practice in an area which has been44designated a federal dental health professions shortage area, except45that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not to46exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her to secure citizen-47ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active-48ly pursued] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 49 gration status; 50 § 13. Subdivision 6 of section 6704 of the education law, as amended 51 by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 52 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or53a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United54States; provided, however that the board of regents may grant a one-time55three-year waiver for a veterinarian who otherwise meets the require-56ments of this article and who has accepted an offer to practice veteri-A. 675 6 1nary medicine in a county in the state which the department has certi-2fied as having a shortage of qualified applicants to fill existing3vacancies in veterinary medicine, and provided further that the board of4regents may grant an extension of such three-year waiver of not more5than one year] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or 6 immigration status; 7 § 14. Subdivision 6 of section 6711 of the education law, as amended 8 by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 9 6. Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or a10noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United11States; provided, however that the board of regents may grant a one-time12three-year waiver for an animal health technician who otherwise meets13the requirements of this article and provided further that the board of14regents may grant an extension of such three-year waiver of not more15than one year] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or 16 immigration status; 17 § 15. Subdivision 1 of section 6711-a of the education law, as amended 18 by chapter 333 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 19 1. Eligibility. Persons shall be eligible for a limited permit who 20 fulfill all requirements for a license as a veterinary technician except 21 those relating to the examination [and citizenship or permanent resi-22dence in the United States]. 23 § 16. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 6805 of the education 24 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 25 as follows: 26 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or27a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United28States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 29 gration status; 30 § 17. Subdivision 6 of section 6905 of the education law, as amended 31 by chapter 994 of the laws of 1971 and such section as renumbered by 32 chapter 50 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows: 33 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirement as to 34 United States citizenship or immigration status; 35 § 18. Subdivision 6 of section 6906 of the education law, as amended 36 by chapter 330 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 37 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirements as to 38 United States citizenship or immigration status; 39 § 19. Subdivision 6 of section 6955 of the education law, as added by 40 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 41 6. Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or a42noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United43States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 44 gration status. 45 § 20. Subdivision 6 of section 7004 of the education law, as added by 46 chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 47 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirements as to 48 United States citizenship or immigration status; 49 § 21. Subdivision 6 of section 7104 of the education law, as added by 50 chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 51 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirement as to 52 United States citizenship or immigration status; 53 § 22. Paragraph 6 of subdivision a of section 7124 of the education 54 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read 55 as follows:A. 675 7 1 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirement as to 2 United States citizenship or immigration status; 3 § 23. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of the education 4 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 5 as follows: 6 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or7a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United8States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 9 gration status; 10 § 24. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206-a of the education 11 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 12 as follows: 13 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or14a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United15States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 16 gration status; 17 § 25. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7304 of the education 18 law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirement as to 21 United States citizenship or immigration status; 22 § 26. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7324 of the education 23 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 24 as follows: 25 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or26a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United27States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 28 gration status; 29 § 27. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7404 of the education 30 law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirements as to 33 United States citizenship or immigration status; 34 § 28. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7504 of the education 35 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 36 as follows: 37 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or38a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United39States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 40 gration status; 41 § 29. Subdivision 6 of section 7603 of the education law, as added by 42 chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 43 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirement as to 44 United States citizenship or immigration status; 45 § 30. Subdivision 5 of section 7804 of the education law, as amended 46 by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 47 (5) Citizenship or immigration status: [be a United States citizen or48a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United49States] meet no requirement as to United States citizenship or immi- 50 gration status; 51 § 31. Subdivision 1 of section 7806 of the education law, as amended 52 by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 53 1. The department may issue a limited permit to practice massage ther- 54 apy as a licensed massage therapist, masseur or masseuse to a person who 55 has not previously held such a permit and who fulfills all except the 56 examination [and citizenship requirements] requirement for a license,A. 675 8 1 provided however that a permit shall not be issued to a person who has 2 failed the state licensing examination. 3 § 32. Subdivision 6 of section 7904 of the education law, as amended 4 by chapter 460 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 5 (6) Meet no requirements as to United States citizenship or immi- 6 gration status. 7 § 33. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 8305 of the education 8 law, as added by chapter 905 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as 9 follows: 10 (f) Citizenship or immigration status: meet no requirements as to 11 United States citizenship or immigration status; 12 § 34. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 110 of the alcoholic 13 beverage control law, as amended by chapter 114 of the laws of 2000, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 (a) A statement of identity as follows: 16 (i) If the applicant is an individual, [his] such applicant's name, 17 date [and place] of birth, [citizenship,] permanent home address, tele- 18 phone number and social security number or individual taxpayer identifi- 19 cation number, as well as any other names by which [he] such applicant 20 has conducted a business at any time. 21 (ii) If the applicant is a corporation, the corporate name of the 22 applicant, its place of incorporation, its main business address (and if 23 such main business address is not within the state, the address of its 24 main place of business within the state), other names by which it has 25 been known or has conducted business at any time, its telephone number, 26 its federal employer identification number, and the names, ages, [citi-27zenship,] and permanent home addresses of its directors, officers and 28 its shareholders (except that if there be more than ten shareholders 29 then those shareholders holding ten percent or more of any class of its 30 shares). 31 (iii) If the applicant is a partnership, its name, its main business 32 address (and if such main business address is not within the state, the 33 address of its main place of business within the state), other names by 34 which it has been known or has conducted business at any time, its tele- 35 phone number, its federal employer identification number, and the names, 36 ages, [citizenship,] and permanent home addresses of each of its part- 37 ners. 38 § 35. Subdivision 3 of section 126 of the alcoholic beverage control 39 law is REPEALED. 40 § 36. Subdivision 4 of section 126 of the alcoholic beverage control 41 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 42 as follows: 43 4. A copartnership or a corporation, unless each member of the part- 44 nership, or each of the principal officers and directors of the corpo- 45 ration, is [a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully46admitted for permanent residence in the United States,] not less than 47 twenty-one years of age[,] and has not been convicted of any felony or 48 any of the misdemeanors, specified in section eleven hundred forty-six 49 of the former penal law as in force and effect immediately prior to 50 September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, or of an offense defined 51 in section 230.20 or 230.40 of the penal law, or if so convicted has 52 received, subsequent to such conviction, an executive pardon therefor 53 removing this disability a certificate of good conduct granted by the 54 department of corrections and community supervision, or a certificate of 55 relief from disabilities granted by the department of corrections and 56 community supervision or a court of this state pursuant to theA. 675 9 1 provisions of article twenty-three of the correction law to remove the 2 disability under this section because of such conviction; provided 3 however [that a corporation which otherwise conforms to the requirements4of this section and chapter may be licensed if each of its principal5officers and more than one-half of its directors are citizens of the6United States or noncitizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence7in the United States; and provided further] that a corporation organized 8 under the not-for-profit corporation law or the education law which 9 otherwise conforms to the requirements of this section and chapter may 10 be licensed if each of its principal officers and more than one-half of 11 its directors are not less than twenty-one years of age and none of its 12 directors are less than eighteen years of age; and provided further that 13 a corporation organized under the not-for-profit corporation law or the 14 education law and located on the premises of a college as defined by 15 section two of the education law which otherwise conforms to the 16 requirements of this section and chapter may be licensed if each of its 17 principal officers and each of its directors are not less than eighteen 18 years of age. 19 § 37. Section 10 of the general city law, as amended by chapter 669 of 20 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 21 § 10. Licenses to adult blind persons. The mayor of any city shall 22 have the power to issue a license to any adult blind person for the 23 vending of goods, or newspapers in such places as [he or she] such mayor 24 may set aside for this purpose. The license shall be issued for a term 25 of one year and no charge shall be made for the license. A license shall 26 not be issued to a blind person unless [he or she] such person is a 27 resident for three years in the city in which application for such 28 license is made [and is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen29lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States]. 30 This license shall be revocable only for cause. 31 § 38. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 3421 of the public 32 health law is REPEALED. 33 § 39. Section 41 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 34 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 35 § 41. Licenses, how obtained; penalty for carrying on business without 36 license. The mayor or such local licensing authority may from time to 37 time grant, under [his or her] their hand and the official seal of [his38or her] their office, to such [citizens, or noncitizens lawfully admit-39ted for permanent residence in the United States,] people as [he or she] 40 such mayor or local licensing authority shall deem proper and who shall 41 produce to [him] such mayor or local licensing authority satisfactory 42 evidence of their good character, a license authorizing such person to 43 carry on the business of a collateral loan broker, which license shall 44 designate the house in which such person shall carry on said business, 45 and no person, corporation, partnership or firm shall carry on the busi- 46 ness of a collateral loan broker without being duly licensed, nor in any 47 other house than the one designated in said license, under a penalty of 48 one hundred dollars for each day [he or they] such person, corporation, 49 partnership or firm shall exercise or carry on said business without 50 such license or at any other house than the one so designated. Any 51 person receiving such license shall pay therefor the sum of five hundred 52 dollars for the use of the city yearly where such business is to be 53 conducted in a city with a population of more than one million persons, 54 and where the business is to be conducted elsewhere the fee for such 55 license shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars yearly, and every 56 such license shall expire one year from the date thereof, and may beA. 675 10 1 renewed on application to the mayor or local licensing authority each 2 and every year on payment of the same sum and upon performance of the 3 other conditions herein contained. Every person so licensed shall, at 4 the time of receiving such license, file with the mayor or such local 5 licensing authority granting the same a bond to the local authorities, 6 to be executed by the person so licensed and by two responsible sure- 7 ties, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, to be approved by such 8 mayor or local licensing authority, which bond shall be conditioned for 9 the faithful performance of the duties and obligations pertaining to the 10 business so licensed, and the mayor or such local licensing authority 11 shall have full power and authority to revoke such license for cause. 12 § 40. Subdivision 1 of section 341 of the labor law, as amended by 13 chapter 461 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 14 1. No manufacturer or contractor shall engage in the apparel industry 15 unless [he or she] such manufacturer or contractor registers with the 16 commissioner, in writing, on a form provided by the commissioner, which 17 shall contain the following information: whether it is a sole proprie- 18 torship, partnership or corporation, its name, address and number of 19 production employees, the name, home address and social security number 20 or individual taxpayer identification number of each owner or partner, 21 or if the registrant is a corporation, no shares of which are listed on 22 a national securities exchange or regularly quoted in an over-the-coun- 23 ter market by one or more members of a national or an affiliated securi- 24 ties association, of each officer and of each of the ten largest share- 25 holders thereof, how long it has been in business, its tax 26 identification number, whether it is a manufacturer or contractor, the 27 name and address of each person with a financial interest in the 28 manufacturer's or contractor's business and the amount of that interest, 29 except that if the manufacturer or contractor is a publicly-traded 30 corporation, only the names and addresses of the corporation officers 31 shall be required, whether it is in contractual relations with a labor 32 organization and, if so, the name and address of such labor organiza- 33 tion, a statement as to whether the registrant or any owner of or part- 34 ner in, or if the registrant is a corporation, no shares of which are 35 listed on a national securities exchange or regularly quoted in an over- 36 the-counter market by one or more members of a national or an affiliated 37 securities association, any officer or any of the ten largest sharehold- 38 ers thereof has, within the last three years, been found by any court or 39 administrative body to have violated this chapter and, if so, the nature 40 and date of such violation and, if the registrant is a contractor, 41 whether that contractor subcontracts the cutting or sewing of apparel or 42 sections or components thereof. Such registration form shall also 43 require that each owner or partner, or if the registrant is a corpo- 44 ration, then each officer, submit photographic proof of identity. Divi- 45 sions, subsidiary corporations or related companies may, at the option 46 of the manufacturer or contractor, be named and included under one omni- 47 bus registration. Such registration shall be filed on or before January 48 fifteenth of each year. The commissioner shall issue a certificate of 49 registration, which shall be effective for a period of twelve months, 50 upon receipt of a completed registration form accompanied by the requi- 51 site photographic proof of identity and documentation that such manufac- 52 turer or contractor has paid any surety bond required pursuant to subdi- 53 vision eight of section three hundred forty-five of this article and 54 that a workers' compensation insurance policy is in effect for the 55 registrant's production employees working in New York state. The initial 56 registration fee shall be two hundred dollars and each subsequent annualA. 675 11 1 renewal registration fee shall be one hundred fifty dollars. With 2 respect to new employers, such registration shall be filed upon the 3 commencement of manufacturing or contracting in the apparel industry and 4 shall be effective until the following January fifteenth. The commis- 5 sioner may pro rate the initial annual registration fee in such 6 instances. 7 § 41. Section 460 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 669 of 8 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 9 § 460. Examination and admission of attorneys. An applicant for admis- 10 sion to practice as an attorney or counsellor in this state, must be 11 examined and licensed to practice as prescribed in this chapter and in 12 the rules of the court of appeals. Race, creed, color, national origin, 13 noncitizen status [or], sex or federal immigration status shall consti- 14 tute no cause for refusing any person examination or admission to prac- 15 tice. 16 § 42. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application 17 of any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, that shall not 18 affect the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, 19 or of any other application of any provision of this act, which can be 20 given effect without that provision or application; and to that end, the 21 provisions and applications of this act are severable. 22 § 43. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day 23 after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, 24 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the 25 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be 26 made and completed on or before such effective date.
