Assembly Bill A3142

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that certain limitations on compensation to crime victims by the crime victims compensation board do not apply to elderly victims

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  • 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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2009-A3142 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§627 & 631, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4040
2013-2014: A4645

2009-A3142 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expedites the time for consideration by the crime victims board of claims by elderly victims; removes the monetary limitation on awards made for the cost of repair or replacement of essential personal property in the case of medically necessary life-sustaining equipment for an elderly victim which was lost or damaged as the direct result of a crime.

2009-A3142 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3142

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to certain  crime  victim
  compensation benefits for elderly victims

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 627 of the execu-
tive law, as added by chapter 148 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (a)  Notwithstanding  any  contrary provisions of this article, claims
with respect to a livery operator victim OR AN ELDERLY VICTIM  shall  be
considered  by  a  single board member on an expedited basis. A decision
shall be made within thirty days of the date upon which  the  claim  was
accepted  for  filing,  OR  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  IN  THE CASE OF AN ELDERLY
VICTIM.
  S 2. Subdivision 9 of section 631 of the executive law, as amended  by
section  30  of  part E of chapter 58 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
read as follows:
  9. [Any] EXCEPT IN THE CASE  OF  MEDICALLY  NECESSARY  LIFE-SUSTAINING
EQUIPMENT  FOR AN ELDERLY VICTIM WHICH WAS LOST OR DAMAGED AS THE DIRECT
RESULT OF A CRIME, ANY award made for the cost of repair or  replacement
of  essential  personal  property,  including  cash  losses of essential
personal property, shall  be  limited  to  an  amount  of  five  hundred
dollars,  except  that  all  cash  losses of essential personal property
shall be limited to the amount of one hundred dollars.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06752-01-9

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