Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A3723

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the suspension of driving privileges for veterans who are in support arrears

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

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

2011-A3723 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง244-b, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A11091

2011-A3723 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the suspension of driving privileges for veterans who are in support arrears.

2011-A3723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3723

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 26, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation  to  prohibiting
  the  suspension  of driving privileges for veterans who are in support
  arrears

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (iii) of subdivision (c) of section 244-b of the
domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws  of  1997,
is amended and a new paragraph (iv) is added to read as follows:
  (iii)  respondents  whose  income  as  defined by subparagraph five of
paragraph (b) of subdivision one-b of section two hundred forty of  this
chapter  remaining  after  the payment of the current support obligation
would fall below the self-support reserve as defined by subparagraph six
of paragraph (b) of subdivision one-b of section two  hundred  forty  of
this chapter[.]; OR
  (IV) RESPONDENTS WHO ARE VETERANS. AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM
"VETERAN"  MEANS  A  PERSON, MALE OR FEMALE, RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, WHO
HAS SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED  STATES
DURING  A  WAR  IN  WHICH  THE  UNITED  STATES  ENGAGED AND WHO HAS BEEN
RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE OTHERWISE THAN BY DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE,  OR
WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE RESERVE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08232-01-1

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.