Assembly Bill A663

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides representation to veterans for certain civil matters

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Current 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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2023-A663 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 18-C §§723 - 723-a, amd §722, County L; amd §1303, RPAP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10093
2021-2022: A3306

2023-A663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides representation to veterans that are at or below four hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines for matters involving children, sustenance and real property proceedings.

2023-A663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    663
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. EPSTEIN, ANDERSON, CRUZ, DAVILA, DE LOS SANTOS,
   HEVESI, JACKSON, RAMOS, MEEKS, SAYEGH, SEAWRIGHT, SILLITTI,  SIMON  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  county  law  and  the real property actions and
   proceedings law, in relation to providing representation  to  veterans
   for certain civil matters
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new article  18-C  to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 18-C
                REPRESENTATION OF VETERANS IN CIVIL MATTERS
 SECTION 723.   LEAD AGENCY FOR CIVIL RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
         723-A. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
   §  723.  LEAD  AGENCY FOR CIVIL RIGHT TO COUNSEL. 1. REPRESENTATION IN
 CIVIL MATTERS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO  VETERANS,  REGARDLESS  OF  DISCHARGE
 STATUS,  WHO ARE AT OR BELOW FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY
 GUIDELINES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH REPRESENTATION  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   A.  REAL PROPERTY PROCEEDINGS INCLUDING SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN,
 SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN, SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN-A, FIVE HUNDRED ONE,  ONE
 THOUSAND  NINETY-THREE,  THIRTEEN  HUNDRED THREE AND ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF
 THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW;
   B. CASES INVOLVING SUSTENANCE INCLUDING SECTIONS ONE  HUNDRED  NINETY-
 SIX-A,  FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT, SIX HUNDRED TWENTY, SIX HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-ONE, SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE AND SIX HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-ONE OF THE LABOR LAW, SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 LAW  AND  RULE THREE HUNDRED FIVE AND ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL
 PRACTICE LAW AND RULES; AND
   C. CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN INCLUDING ARTICLE FOUR OF THE FAMILY COURT
 ACT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00120-01-3
              

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