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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A3106
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
O'DONNELL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Keith L.T. Wright
Ellen C. Jaffee
Micah Kellner
Mark J.F. Schroeder
multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Herman D. Farrell
Carl Heastie
Earlene Hooper
2009-A3106 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2309
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง679-e, Ed L
2009-A3106 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3106 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, WRIGHT, JAFFEE, KELLNER, GREENE, SCHROEDER, GOTTFRIED, MILLMAN, REILLY, ROSENTHAL, CAHILL, JEFFRIES, JOHN, COOK, CUSICK, ZEBROWSKI, CARROZZA, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, FARRELL, HEASTIE, HOOPER, KOLB, KOON, MAISEL, McENENY, MOLINARO, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, SAYWARD, SCARBOROUGH, TITONE, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the retention of qual- ified public defenders through assistance in repaying student loans THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 679-e of the education law, as added by section 1 of part H of chapter 56 of the laws of 2007, paragraphs a and d of subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: New York state district attorney AND INDIGENT DEFENSE ATTORNEY loan forgiveness program. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness awards for the purpose of increasing the number of experi- enced attorneys serving in the position of district attorney OR INDIGENT DEFENSE ATTORNEY in the counties of the state. 2. Definitions. a. (i) "Eligible attorney" means an attorney, admit- ted to practice law in New York state, who is a district attorney, as defined in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, who is employed full time as a district attorney; OR WHO IS AN INDIGENT DEFENSE ATTORNEY, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHO IS EMPLOYED FULL TIME AS AN INDIGENT DEFENSE ATTORNEY; and who holds a degree from a law school and was within the eligible period as defined in paragraph [b] C of this subdivision during the time for which such person is seeking a student loan expense grant. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03684-01-9
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