Bill Text: NY A06943 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6943 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that there need not be a finding of financial difficulty for crime victim awards of less than $10,000.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-25 - signed chap.263 [A06943 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06943-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6943
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- (at request of the Office of
         Victim Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
         mental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the thresh-
         old for proof of financial difficulty
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of
    2  section 631 of the executive law, as amended by section 22 of  part  A-1
    3  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    4    Claims may be approved only if the office finds that unless the claim-
    5  ant's  award  is  approved  he  OR SHE will suffer financial difficulty.
    6  However, no finding of financial difficulty is required for a claim  for
    7  an emergency award or an award less than [five] TEN thousand dollars. In
    8  determining financial difficulty, the office shall consider all relevant
    9  factors, including but not limited to:
   10    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to all
   11  claims filed on and after such date
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09586-01-5