Senate Bill S8013

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to student loan assistance for certain attorneys employed by political subdivisions of the state

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • 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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2017-S8013 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10180
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §679-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4045, A5460
2021-2022: S2018
2023-2024: S4964

2017-S8013 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants student loan forgiveness for certain municipal attorneys employed by political subdivisions of the state.

2017-S8013 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8013
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to student  loan  assist-
   ance  for  certain attorneys employed by political subdivisions of the
   state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 679-e of the education law, as amended by section 1
 of  part VV of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, subparagraph (i) of para-
 graph a of subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of part R of chapter 57
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   § 679-e. New York state  district  attorney,  MUNICIPAL  ATTORNEY  and
 indigent  legal  services attorney loan forgiveness program. 1. Purpose.
 The president shall  grant  student  loan  forgiveness  awards  for  the
 purpose of increasing the number of experienced attorneys serving in the
 position  of  district attorney, A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY, or indigent legal
 services attorney in the counties of the state.
   2. Definitions. a. (i) "Eligible attorney" means an attorney, who is a
 resident of and is admitted to practice law in New York  state,  who  is
 employed full-time as either a district attorney, as defined in subpara-
 graph  (ii) of this paragraph, [or] an indigent legal services attorney,
 as defined in subparagraph (iii)  of  this  paragraph,  OR  A  MUNICIPAL
 ATTORNEY,  AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND who is
 admitted to practice law in this state for not more than eleven years or
 who was within the eligible period as defined in  paragraph  b  of  this
 subdivision  during  the time for which such person is seeking a student
 loan expense grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an eligible  attorney
 shall  include  those  district  attorney  applicants  who  were awarded
 program eligibility and who provided  qualified  service  between  April
 first,  two  thousand eight and March thirty-first, two thousand eleven;
 such an eligible attorney shall remain eligible to  participate  in  the
 program  provided  they  are within an eligible period measured from six
 years from the date which such attorney was first employed as a district
 attorney.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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