Bill Text: NY S03943 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Raises the level of emergency crime victims claims to $6,000 or less for which no finding of financial difficulty is required for which Crime Victims Board must determine that the claimant will suffer financial difficulty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S03943 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S03943-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3943
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime
         and Correction
       AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to raising the level of
         claims for which proof of financial difficulty is not required
         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 chapter 400 of the  laws
    3  of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
    4    Claims  may be approved only if the board or board member, as the case
    5  may be, finds that unless the claimant's award is  approved  he  OR  SHE
    6  will  suffer  financial  difficulty.  However,  no  finding of financial
    7  difficulty is required for a claim for an emergency award  or  an  award
    8  less  than  [five] SIX thousand dollars. In determining financial diffi-
    9  culty, the board or board member shall consider  all  relevant  factors,
   10  including but not limited to:
   11    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
   12  claims pending before the board or submitted thereto  on  or  after  its
   13  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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