Senate Bill S5731

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the powers of a social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage or lien

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services 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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2019-S5731 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2167
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§106 & 360, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10166
2017-2018: A1570
2021-2022: S787, A2529

2019-S5731 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the powers of a social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage or lien.

2019-S5731 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5731 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5731
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the powers of  a
   social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage or
   lien

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 106 of the  social  services  law,  as  amended  by
 section  1  of  part  S of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 106. Powers of social services official to receive and dispose of  a
 deed,  mortgage,  or lien. 1. A social services official responsible, by
 or pursuant to any provision of this chapter, for the administration  of
 assistance  [or  care]  granted  or applied for [may] SHALL NOT accept a
 deed of real property and/or a mortgage thereon on behalf of the  social
 services  district  for  the assistance [and care] of a person at public
 expense [but such property shall not be considered  as  public  property
 and  shall  remain  on  the tax rolls and such deed or mortgage shall be
 subject to redemption as provided in paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  six
 hereof].
   2.  [A  social  services  official  may not assert any claim under any
 provision of this section to recover]  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  THIS SECTION, IF, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF
 THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN THAT AMENDED THIS  SECTION,  A  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  OFFICIAL ACCEPTED A DEED OF REAL PROPERTY AND/OR A MORTGAGE ON
 BEHALF OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF A PERSON AT
 PUBLIC EXPENSE, SUCH SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL SHALL NOT ASSERT ANY CLAIM
 UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO RECOVER:
   (1) payments made as part of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 (SNAP), child care services, Emergency Assistance to Adults or the  Home
 Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)[.

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

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