Bill Text: NY A04703 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4703 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires an applicant as a condition of receiving public assistance to present an actual address which shall be a residence, public shelter or such site as the district commissioner shall deem appropriate as a condition of receiving public assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-26 - held for consideration in social services [A04703 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04703-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4703
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Social Services
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to requiring an
         address as a condition of receiving assistance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 134-a of the social services law,
    2  as amended by chapter 685 of the laws of 1975, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4     2.   At the time he OR SHE applies for public assistance and care, an
    5  applicant shall, as a condition of receiving such aid, present proof  of
    6  his  OR HER identity to the social services official as the [department]
    7  OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE may by regulation require,
    8  AND AN ADDRESS WHICH SHALL BE A RESIDENCE, A  PUBLIC  SHELTER,  OR  SUCH
    9  SITE  AS  THE  DISTRICT  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEEM  APPROPRIATE  FOR THE
   10  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, and [he] THE RECIPIENT shall provide  such
   11  proof thereafter whenever required by such official.
   12    S  2.   This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   13  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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