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                                   6698
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the state finance law and
   the social services law, in relation to establishing Jacobs'  fund  to
   assist  victims  of drunk or drug impaired driving who are permanently
   disabled

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (1) to read as follows:
   (1)  WITH RESPECT TO ANY FEE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DEPART-
 MENT SHALL COLLECT AN ADDITIONAL FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE  DOLLAR  WHICH
 SHALL  BE  USED  EXCLUSIVELY TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DRUNK OR DRUG IMPAIRED
 DRIVING.  IN ADDITION TO SUCH ONE  DOLLAR  FEE,  THE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL
 CREDIT  FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH TO JACOBS' FUND
 TO SUPPLEMENT SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME  FOR
 INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE VICTIMS OF DRUNK OR DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVING, AND WHO
 ARE PERMANENTLY DISABLED AS A RESULT.  MONIES COLLECTED AS A  RESULT  OF
 SUCH  ADDITIONAL FEE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS
 JACOBS' FUND AND MONIES IN SUCH FUND SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO ASSIST
 VICTIMS OF DRUNK OR DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVING AS SET FORTH IN SECTION EIGHT-
 Y-TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new  section  82  to
 read as follows:
   § 82. JACOBS' FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTO-
 DY  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A
 SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS "JACOBS' FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE STATE  PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (L) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THREE OF
 THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  AND ALL OTHER GRANTS, BEQUESTS OR OTHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND
 OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
   3.  MONEYS  IN THE FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART AND SHALL NOT
 BE COMMINGLED WITH ANY OTHER MONEYS IN THE CUSTODY OF  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER.
   4.  MONEYS  OF  THE  FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE,
 SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL  SERVICES  AND  SHALL  BE
 EXPENDED  BY SUCH DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DRUNK OR DRUG IMPAIRED
 DRIVING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY
 OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   § 3. Section 20 of the social services law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL, IN COOPER-
 ATION WITH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS AND APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGEN-
 CIES DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DRUNK OR DRUG IMPAIRED DRIV-
 ING  WHO ARE PERMANENTLY DISABLED AND UNABLE TO WORK. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL
 BE FUNDED BY FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FROM JACOBS' FUND, AS  ESTABLISHED  BY
 SECTION  EIGHTY-TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. APPLICATION FOR SUCH FUNDS
 SHALL BE MADE IN A MANNER AND FORM AS DETERMINED  BY  SUCH  OFFICE.  THE
 OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
 DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.