NY State Senate Bill 2009-S5373

Senate Bill S5373

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a revolving loan program whereby short term loans are made available to families receiving public assistance who are in danger of homelessness by reason of eviction; appropriation

download bill text pdf

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to social services
Apr 27, 2009	referred to social services

2009-S5373 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4644
Current Committee:: Senate Social Services
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add Art 2-A Title 5 §53, Soc Serv L; add §92-h, St Fin L

2009-S5373 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a revolving loan program whereby short term loans are made available through local social services districts to families receiving public assistance who are in danger of homelessness by reason of eviction; appropriates $3,000,000 therefor.

2009-S5373 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5373

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the social services law and the state finance law, in
relation to establishing a revolving loan program whereunder short
term loans are made available to families receiving public assistance
who are threatened with eviction; and making an appropriation therefor


 PURPOSE :

This bill establishes a revolving loan program whereby short term
loans are made available to families receiving public assistance who
are in danger of homelessness by reason of eviction. Appropriates $3
million.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Article 2-A of the social services law is amended by adding a new
title 5, which establishes and sets parameters for the Revolving Loan
Program.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Each month hundreds of families enter the shelter system in New York

City alone. That number would be even higher if those who are doubled
up with other families were counted. Homelessness destabilizes
families, which creates other problems, including difficulty for
children in getting to school and meeting assignments, increased
substance abuse, increased risks of domestic violence, and difficulty
with obtaining and maintaining employment. Many families become
homeless because of a temporary cash flow problem, often caused by
unexpected medical bills or a death in the family. Instead of paying
over $30,000 a year to house a family in a homeless shelter, the State
could pay $600 to a landlord and keep that family in its apartment.
Further, the State would recoup that loan through deductions from the
families public assistance grant.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2007/2008: S.2857 - Referred to Finance
2005/2006: S.2249 - Died in Committee
2003/2004: S.3864 - Died in Committee
2001/2002: S.7279 -Died in Committee
1999/2000: A.2580 - Died in Committee
1997/1998:  A.1315 - Died in Committee
1995/1996: A.2578 - Died in Committee
1993/1994: A.5449 - Died in Committee

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

$3 million to be taken from the general fund.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
January 1, 2010.

2009-S5373 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5373

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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 and the state  finance  law,  in
  relation  to  establishing  a  revolving loan program whereunder short
  term loans are made available to families receiving public  assistance
  who are threatened with eviction; and making an appropriation therefor

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

  Section 1.   Article 2-A of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
adding a new title 5 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 5
                         REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM
SECTION 53. REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM.
  S  53.  REVOLVING  LOAN  PROGRAM. 1. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED,  WITHIN  THE
LIMITS OF FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM FUND ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-TWO-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, TO ENTER INTO
CONTRACTS  WITH UP TO TWENTY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF LOANS TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS WHO
ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING HOMELESS. SUCH GRANTS  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  TO
CREATE  A  REVOLVING  LOAN PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT TO
PROVIDE SHORT TERM LOANS TO FAMILIES RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE  PURSU-
ANT  TO ARTICLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER WHO ARE IN IMMINENT DANGER OF HOME-
LESSNESS BY REASON OF EVICTION. SUCH LOANS:
  (A) SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS PER LOAN;
  (B) SHALL BE INTEREST FREE AND FIVE YEARS IN DURATION;
  (C) SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE SUCH LOAN PER ELIGIBLE FAMILY; AND
  (D) SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  TERMS  OF  THE  CONTRACT
BETWEEN  THE  OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY SERVICES AND THE SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06234-01-9

S. 5373                             2

  2. FROM TIME TO TIME, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY  AND
DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, MAY ISSUE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND  APPLICATION
FORMS  FOR  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  UNDER THIS TITLE. THE SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM SHALL BE SELECTED
COMPETITIVELY  FROM  REQUESTS  FOR  PROPOSALS. THE APPLICATION FORMS MAY
REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF SUCH INFORMATION AS THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE DEEMS NECESSARY.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-h to
read as follows:
  S 92-H. REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN
THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXA-
TION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE  "REVOLVING  LOAN
PROGRAM FUND".
  2.  THE  REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM FUND SHALL CONSIST OF MONEYS APPROPRI-
ATED TO IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO A CERTIFICATE
OF APPROVAL OF AVAILABILITY ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET AND ALL
OTHER MONEYS CREDITED, APPROPRIATED  OR  TRANSFERRED  THERETO  FROM  ANY
OTHER FUND OR SOURCES.
  3. MONEYS OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, MAY
BE EXPENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE FIVE OF ARTICLE TWO-A OF THE SOCIAL
SERVICES  LAW,  PURSUANT  TO  A  CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL OF AVAILABILITY
ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
  4. MONEYS OF THE FUND MAY BE INVESTED BY  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND
INCOME FROM SUCH INVESTMENTS SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
  S 3. The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000), or so much thereof
as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  to the revolving loan
program fund established pursuant to section 92-h of the  state  finance
law  from  any  moneys  in the state treasury in the general fund to the
credit of the state purposes account not otherwise appropriated for  the
purposes  of  making  short  term  loans available to families receiving
public assistance who are in imminent danger of homelessness  by  reason
of  eviction.  Such sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the
state comptroller on  vouchers  certified  or  approved  in  the  manner
prescribed by law.
  S 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.