Bill Text: NY S03893 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such language is spoken by at least one percent of the population.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S03893 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S03893-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3893 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the division of housing and community 2 renewal is authorized to prescribe for legal forms and applications to 3 be translated into Spanish and any other languages as such commissioner 4 deems appropriate, as long as such language is spoken by at least one 5 percent of the population. Such commissioner shall further cause such 6 translated forms and applications to be prepared, printed and dissem- 7 inated. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 10 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 11 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 12 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06440-01-5
