Bill Text: NY A09533 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a sensitivity training program for persons in active military service of the state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - referred to governmental operations [A09533 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09533-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9533
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 12, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. MENG -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a  sensi-
         tivity  training program for persons in active military service of the
         state
         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 192 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 192. SENSITIVITY TRAINING PROGRAM; MILITARY SERVICE. 1. FOR PURPOSES
    4  OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    5    A.  "SENSITIVITY  TRAINING  PROGRAM"  SHALL MEAN A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO
    6  DEVELOP A PERSON'S AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF HIM OR HER SELF, OTHER
    7  INDIVIDUALS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO, INCLUDING  THE  AWARE-
    8  NESS  AND  UNDERSTANDING  OF  SUCH  PERSON'S  PREJUDICES AND INTOLERANCE
    9  TOWARD OTHERS.
   10    B. "NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH  TERM
   11  IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW.
   12    C.  "THE  NAVAL  MILITIA"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS
   13  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW.
   14    D. "FORCE OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA" SHALL HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS
   15  SUCH  TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY
   16  LAW.
   17    E. "MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH
   18  TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW.
   19    F. "ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES" SHALL HAVE THE  SAME
   20  MEANING  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION ONE OF
   21  THE MILITARY LAW.
   22    2. THE DIVISION OF  MILITARY  AND  NAVAL  AFFAIRS  IS  AUTHORIZED  AND
   23  DIRECTED  TO  DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT A SENSITIVITY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR
   24  EVERY PERSON IN ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE NEW  YORK  NATIONAL  GUARD,  THE
   25  NAVAL  MILITIA,  OR  ANY OTHER FORCE OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA, OR WHO IS
   26  OTHERWISE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE, AND ANY EMPLOYEE OF  THE
   27  DIVISION  OF  MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS THAT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL SHALL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14425-01-2
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    1  REQUIRE. SUCH DIVISION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
    2  NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PROGRAM, PROVIDED, THAT:
    3    A.  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ATTENDED BY EVERY PERSON OR EMPLOYEE SUBJECT
    4  TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE
    5  DATE OF THIS SECTION;
    6    B.  ANY  SUCH  PERSON  OR EMPLOYEE WHO IS FIRST APPOINTED, ENLISTED OR
    7  EMPLOYED TO SERVE IN ANY SUCH ORGANIZATION  OR  WORK  IN  SUCH  DIVISION
    8  SHALL  ATTEND  SUCH  TRAINING PROGRAM WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF SUCH APPOINT-
    9  MENT, ENLISTMENT OR EMPLOYMENT; AND
   10    C. EVERY PERSON OR EMPLOYEE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION
   11  SHALL  PERIODICALLY  RECEIVE  SUCH  TRAINING,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERIOD
   12  SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS.
   13    3. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND NOT INCONSISTENT  WITH  FEDERAL  LAW,
   14  EVERY  RESIDENT  OF  THIS STATE WHO IS IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE
   15  UNITED STATES SHALL ATTEND THE SENSITIVITY TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIRED  BY
   16  THIS SECTION.
   17    S 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section of part
   18  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
   19  be invalid, the judgment shall not affect,  impair,  or  invalidate  the
   20  remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
   21  sentence,  paragraph,  section  or part thereof directly involved in the
   22  controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
   23    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   24  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   25  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   26  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
   27  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.