Bill Text: NY A06541 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives the state's sovereign immunity to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-22 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A06541 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06541-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6541

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 13, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to waiving the state's
          sovereign immunity to claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act
          of  1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Age Discrimination
          in Employment Act of 1967, and the Family and Medical Leave Act

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 16
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 16. Waiver of state immunity.  The state hereby waives its sovereign
     4  immunity with regard to all  claims,  actions  and  proceedings  brought
     5  pursuant  to  the  federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (P.L.
     6  101-336, as amended), the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,  the
     7  federal  Age  Discrimination  in Employment Act of 1967, and the federal
     8  Family and Medical Leave Act.  The provisions of such acts  shall  apply
     9  to the state, and any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04809-02-3