Assembly Bill A9762

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to awards for burial expenses of crime victims

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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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2015-A9762 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7191
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §624, Exec L

2015-A9762 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes awards for burial expenses of crime victims to be paid to a business.

2015-A9762 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9762

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- (at request of the Office of
  Victim Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
  mental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  eligibility  for
  reimbursement of burial expenses

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 624 of the execu-
tive law, as amended by chapter 427 of the laws of 1999, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (d) any person OR BUSINESS REPRESENTED BY A PERSON who has paid for or
incurred  the burial expenses of a victim who died as a direct result of
such crime, except such person shall not be eligible to receive an award
for other than burial expenses unless otherwise eligible under paragraph
(a), (b) or (c) of this subdivision;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
claims filed on or after it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14315-01-6


              

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