Relates to the small business regional revolving loan program.
Asm. Karines Reyes
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Establishes an LGBT youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.
Establishes criteria for medical examinations to determine disability status; specifies an applicant's treating health care practitioner's opinion shall be generally controlling.
Provides that no state or local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, property, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national or ethnic origin.
Establishes a taxi industry predatory lending task force to study and analyze predatory lending practices affecting the taxi industry in the state.
Relates to permitting payments 14 days after the due date.
Relates to providing access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters.
Enacts the "protection in the workplace act"; provides that injuries to employees as a result of the commission of a sexual offense shall entitle such employee to all rights and benefits available pursuant to the workers' compensation law and, in addition, shall permit such employee to pursue any other remedies available at law or in equity; clarifies that workers' compensation should be exclusive remedy except when the employee suffers personal injury as a result of a sexual offense committed by a co-worker.
Waives the requirement of equitable distribution of marital property and awards of spousal support for persons convicted of domestic violence offenses.
Requires the commissioner of labor, in conjunction and in collaboration with the office for new Americans, to establish criteria for English language courses and programs which upon successful completion shall lead to the issuance of a basic or an advanced certificate of English language acquisition completion; requires such a certificate to be offered to any immigrant who successfully completes an approved course, program or level of such course or program as determined by the commissioner of labor.