Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 03, 2018 |
advanced to third reading cal.832 |
May 01, 2018 |
reported |
Mar 06, 2018 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to social services |
Feb 02, 2017 |
referred to social services |
Assembly Bill A4371
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TITUS
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- 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
David Weprin
Richard Gottfried
2017-A4371 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A4371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4371 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social services law, as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 1. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded in calcu- lating the amount of benefits of any household under any public assist- ance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thou- sand dollars, or three thousand dollars in the case of households in which any member is sixty years of age or older, (b) an amount up to four thousand six hundred fifty dollars in a separate bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose of enabling the individual to purchase a first or replacement vehicle for the recipient to seek, obtain or maintain employment, so long as the funds are not used for any other purpose, (c) an amount up to one thousand four hundred dollars in a separate bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt of assistance for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year or four-year accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long as the funds are not used for any other purpose, (d) the home which is the usual residence of the household, (e) one automobile, up to ten thousand dollars fair market value, through March thirty-first, two thousand seventeen; one automobile, up to eleven thousand dollars fair market value, from April first, two thousand seventeen through March thirty- first, two thousand eighteen; and one automobile, up to twelve thousand dollars fair market value, beginning April first, two thousand eighteen EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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