Assembly Bill A6059

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6059 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง131, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A322
2015-2016: A3960
2017-2018: A1579
2019-2020: A2251
2021-2022: A6105
2023-2024: A1984

2011-A6059 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits.

2011-A6059 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6059

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that
  recipients of public assistance benefits  must  be  residents  of  the
  state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 5-b to read as follows:
  5-B. NO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO AN  APPLICANT  FOR  PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE  WHO HAS NOT BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR AT LEAST NINETY
DAYS PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09675-02-1

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