Senate Bill S6619

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2017-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6709
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §679-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2645, A9014
2021-2022: S5623, A4388
2023-2024: S4606, A2227

2017-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness.

2017-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6619
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  State
   district  attorney  and indigent legal services attorney loan forgive-
   ness program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 679-e of the educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by section 1 of part VV of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   b. "Eligible period" means  the  [six-year]  SEVEN-YEAR  period  after
 completion of the [third] SECOND year and before the commencement of the
 tenth  year  of employment as an eligible attorney. For purposes of this
 section, all periods of time  during  which  an  admitted  attorney  was
 employed  as an eligible attorney and all periods of time during which a
 law school graduate awaiting admission to the New  York  state  bar  was
 employed  by  a  prosecuting  or criminal defense agency as permitted by
 section four hundred eighty-four of the judiciary law shall be combined.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Nothing in this act shall
 be implemented in a manner that diminishes the current award  or  status
 of eligible attorneys currently participating in the program.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10490-02-7

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