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Assembly Bill A6297

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Eliminates the use of income from pensions of New York state, local governments and the federal government from the calculation of income for the purposes of financial aid

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2013-A6297 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง663, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9890
2011-2012: A3497

2013-A6297 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the use of income from pensions of New York state, local governments and the federal government from the calculation of income for the purposes of financial aid.

2013-A6297 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6297

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eliminating the use of
  certain pensions in the determination of the amount of student  finan-
  cial aid

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  663  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section  1  of part F of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Income defined. Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  section,
"income"  shall  be  the  total  of the combined net taxable income [and
income from pensions of New York state, local governments,  the  federal
government  and  any private employer] of the applicant, the applicant's
spouse, and the applicant's parents, including any pension  and  annuity
income  excluded  for purposes of taxation pursuant to paragraph three-a
of subsection (c) of section six hundred  twelve  of  the  tax  law,  as
reported in New York state income tax returns for the calendar year next
preceding  the  beginning  of  the school year for which application for
assistance is made, except that any amount received by an applicant as a
scholarship at an educational institution  or  as  a  fellowship  grant,
including  the  value  of contributed services and accommodations, shall
not be included within the definition of "income" for  the  purposes  of
this  article.  The  term "parent" shall include birth parents, steppar-
ents, adoptive parents and the spouse of an adoptive parent.  Income, if
not a whole dollar amount, shall be assumed to  be  equal  to  the  next
lowest  whole  dollar  amount.  Any change in the status of an applicant
with regard to the  persons  responsible  for  the  applicant's  support
occurring after the beginning of any semester shall not be considered to
change the applicant's award for that semester.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09875-01-3

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