Assembly Bill A6899

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility and awards to certain family members for crime scene clean-up

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  • 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

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2013-A6899 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4345
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§624 & 631, Exec L

2013-A6899 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eligibility and awards to certain family members for crime scene clean-up.

2013-A6899 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6899

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HENNESSEY, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the
  Office of Victim Services) -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to eligibility of and
  awards to certain family members for crime scene clean-up

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  624  of the executive law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
  (K) A SURVIVING SPOUSE, CHILD OR STEPCHILD OF A VICTIM OF A CRIME  WHO
DIED  AS  A DIRECT RESULT OF SUCH CRIME AND WHERE SUCH CRIME OCCURRED IN
THE RESIDENCE SHARED BY SUCH FAMILY MEMBER OR MEMBERS AND THE VICTIM.
  S 2. Section 631 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 18 to read as follows:
  18.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE AND
SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE MAXIMUM AWARD LIMITATIONS  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
SECTION,  WHERE  A  VICTIM HAS DIED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CRIME UPON
WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED AND THE CRIME OCCURRED IN THE  RESIDENCE  OF  A
PERSON  ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, THE OFFICE  MAY  MAKE  NO  MORE
THAN ONE AWARD FOR CRIME SCENE CLEAN-UP RELATED TO SUCH RESIDENCE.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become law and shall apply to all original awards made on and after
such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09006-01-3


              

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