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Assembly Bill A4040

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expedites the time for consideration by the office of victim services of claims by elderly crime victims

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2011-A4040 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง627 & 631, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3142
2013-2014: A4645

2011-A4040 (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.

2011-A4040 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4040

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2011
                               ___________

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. Subdivision 1 of  section  627  of  the  executive  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e-1) to read as follows:
  (E-1)  EXPEDITED  DETERMINATION  OF  CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO AN ELDERLY
VICTIM WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE  DATE  UPON  WHICH  THE  CLAIM  WAS
ACCEPTED FOR FILING;
  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.
                                                           LBD07480-01-1

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