Bill Text: NY S01583 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits correction officers to be color blind.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-16 - referred to correction [S01583 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01583-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1583
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
         Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to permitting correction
         officers to be color blind
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section  22-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 22-B. FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A CORRECTION OFFICER.
    4  EVERY  APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT AS A CORRECTION OFFICER WHO IS QUALIFIED
    5  FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE DEEMED QUALIFIED EVEN IF SUCH APPLICANT  IS
    6  COLOR BLIND.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07269-01-5