Assembly Bill A6943

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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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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2015-A6943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4913
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง631, Exec L

2015-A6943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A6943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6943

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

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:

  Section  1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of
section 631 of the executive law, as amended by section 22 of  part  A-1
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  Claims may be approved only if the office finds that unless the claim-
ant's  award  is  approved  he  OR SHE will suffer financial difficulty.
However, no finding of financial difficulty is required for a claim  for
an emergency award or an award less than [five] TEN thousand dollars. In
determining financial difficulty, the office shall consider all relevant
factors, including but not limited to:
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to all
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

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