NY S02061 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Pending: Senate Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; eligible person is one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.

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Title

Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; eligible person is one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2016-01-06SenateREFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2015-02-12SenatePRINT NUMBER 2061B
2015-02-12SenateAMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2015-02-02SenatePRINT NUMBER 2061A
2015-02-02SenateAMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2015-01-21SenateREFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Same As/Similar To

A05457 (Same As) 2016-01-06 - referred to judiciary

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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