Senate Bill S8071

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds

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Current Bill Status Via A8566 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8566
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§631, 625 & 633, Exec L; amd §7, Chap of 2023 (as proposed in S.214-A & A.2105-A)

2023-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds; specifies when awards may be provided and the requirements for such.

2023-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8071
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding  eligibility
   for  victims  and  survivors  of  crime  to access victim compensation
   funds; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the  execu-
   tive  law  relating to expanding eligibility for victims and survivors
   of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory
   law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms  of
   evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the
   confidentiality  of  certain records, as proposed in legislative bills
   numbers S. 214-A and A. 2105-A, in relation to the effectiveness ther-
   eof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  631 of the executive law, as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of  2023  amending  the  executive  law
 relating  to expanding eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to
 access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law  enforce-
 ment reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that
 would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality
 of  certain  records,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 214-A
 and A. 2105-A, is amended and two new subdivisions 1-b and 1-c are added
 to read as follows:
   1. (A) No award shall be made unless the office finds that:  [(a)] (I)
 a crime [has occurred as] WAS indicated by the  [applicant's  record  or
 supporting  documentation]  RECORDS OF A SUPPORT AGENCY FOR SURVIVORS OF
 CRIME OR THE RECORDS OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY; [(b)] (II) such crime
 directly resulted in personal physical injury to or the exacerbation  of
 a  preexisting  disability,  or  condition, or death of, the victim; and
 [(c) either: (i) criminal justice agency] (III) THE records OF A SUPPORT
 AGENCY FOR SURVIVORS OF CRIME OR THE RECORDS OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGEN-
 CY show that such crime was reported [to the proper authorities within a
 reasonable  time  considering  all  the  circumstances,  including   the
 victim's  physical, emotional and mental condition and family situation;

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

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