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Assembly Bill A6709A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys

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2017-A6709 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6619
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §679-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9014, S2645
2021-2022: A4388, S5623
2023-2024: A2227, S4606
2025-2026: A4608, S6558

2017-A6709 - Summary

Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness.

2017-A6709 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6709
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  State
   district  attorney  and indigent legal services attorney loan forgive-
   ness program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs b and d of subdivision 2 of section 679-e of the
 education  law,  as amended by section 1 or part VV of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   b. "Eligible period" means  the  [six-year]  SEVEN-YEAR  period  after
 completion of the [third] SECOND year and before the commencement of the
 tenth  year  of employment as an eligible attorney. For purposes of this
 section, all periods of time  during  which  an  admitted  attorney  was
 employed  as an eligible attorney and all periods of time during which a
 law school graduate awaiting admission to the New  York  state  bar  was
 employed  by  a  prosecuting  or criminal defense agency as permitted by
 section four hundred eighty-four of the judiciary law shall be combined.
   d. "Year of qualified service" means the twelve month period  measured
 from  the anniversary of the attorney's employment as an eligible attor-
 ney, or as a law school graduate awaiting  admission  to  the  New  York
 state  bar  employed  by  a  prosecuting  or  criminal defense agency as
 permitted by section four hundred  eighty-four  of  the  judiciary  law,
 adjusted for any interruption in employment. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY
 INTERRUPTION IN EMPLOYMENT SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY PERIOD OF DISABILITY AS
 DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THE WORKERS'
 COMPENSATION LAW OR ANY PERIOD OF  FAMILY  LEAVE  WHICH  IS  DEFINED  BY
 SUBDIVISION  FIFTEEN  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THE WORKERS' COMPEN-
 SATION LAW. Any OTHER period of temporary leave from service taken by an
 eligible attorney shall not be considered in the calculation  of  quali-
 fied  service[.  However,  the] AND SUCH OTHER period of temporary leave
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A6709A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6619
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §679-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9014, S2645
2021-2022: A4388, S5623
2023-2024: A2227, S4606
2025-2026: A4608, S6558

2017-A6709A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness.

2017-A6709A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6709--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to the New York State
   district attorney and indigent legal services attorney  loan  forgive-
   ness program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 679-e of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part VV of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  "Eligible  period"  means  the  [six-year] SEVEN-YEAR period after
 completion of the [third] SECOND year and before the commencement of the
 tenth year of employment as an eligible attorney. For purposes  of  this
 section,  all  periods  of  time  during  which an admitted attorney was
 employed as an eligible attorney and all periods of time during which  a
 law  school  graduate  awaiting  admission to the New York state bar was
 employed by a prosecuting or criminal defense  agency  as  permitted  by
 section four hundred eighty-four of the judiciary law shall be combined.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Nothing in this act shall
 be  implemented  in a manner that diminishes the current award or status
 of eligible attorneys currently participating in the program.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10490-03-7

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