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Assembly Bill A6620

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires an address as a condition of receiving assistance

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2011-A6620 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง134-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6259
2013-2014: A4703
2015-2016: A4900
2017-2018: A5708

2011-A6620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an applicant as a condition of receiving public assistance to present an actual address which shall be a residence, public shelter or such site as the district commissioner shall deem appropriate as a condition of receiving public assistance.

2011-A6620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6620

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to requiring an
  address as a condition of receiving assistance

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 134-a of the social services law,
as amended by chapter 685 of the laws of 1975, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
   2.   At the time he OR SHE applies for public assistance and care, an
applicant shall, as a condition of receiving such aid, present proof  of
his  OR HER identity to the social services official as the [department]
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE may by regulation require,
AND AN ADDRESS WHICH SHALL BE A RESIDENCE, A  PUBLIC  SHELTER,  OR  SUCH
SITE  AS  THE  DISTRICT  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEEM  APPROPRIATE  FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, and [he] THE RECIPIENT shall provide  such
proof thereafter whenever required by such official.
  S  2.   This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08509-01-1

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