Assembly Bill A3722

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the deceased police officer, firefighter and emergency medical services family housing assistance program, and appropriates $10,000,000 therefor

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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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2019-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §45-a, Exec L; add §85, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A8670

2019-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the deceased police officer, firefighter and emergency medical services family housing assistance program within the department of audit and control to provide monthly payments to the dependent families of deceased police officers, paid firefighters and paid municipal emergency medical services personnel who died in the course of their duties; such monthly payments, not in excess of $1,000, shall be for the rent or mortgage payment on the primary residence of the family; and appropriates $10,000,000 therefor.

2019-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3722
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law, in relation to establishing the
   deceased police officer, firefighter and  emergency  medical  services
   family  housing assistance program; to amend the state finance law, in
   relation to the deceased  police  officer  family  housing  fund;  and
   making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  45-a
 to read as follows:
   §  45-A.  DECEASED  POLICE  OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 SERVICES FAMILY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS
 SECTION:
   (A) "DECEASED PUBLIC PROTECTION EMPLOYEE" MEANS: (1) A POLICE OFFICER,
 AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE LAW WHO DIED AS  THE  NATURAL  AND  PROXIMATE  RESULT  OF  THE
 PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES AS A POLICE OFFICER;
   (2) A PAID MUNICIPAL FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED AS THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE
 RESULT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES AS A FIREFIGHTER; OR
   (3) A PAID MEMBER OF A MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE WHO DIED AS
 THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES
 WHILE PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
   (B) "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL.
   (C)  "FAMILY"  MEANS  THE  SPOUSE  AND/OR  ANY DEPENDENT OF A DECEASED
 PUBLIC PROTECTION EMPLOYEE, WHEN FIFTY-ONE OR MORE PERCENT OF THE INCOME
 FOR THE SUPPORT OF SUCH SPOUSE  AND/OR  DEPENDENT  WAS  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO
 INCOME EARNED BY THE DECEASED PUBLIC PROTECTION EMPLOYEE WHILE HE OR SHE
 WAS ALIVE.
   (D)  "HOUSING  EXPENSE"  MEANS,  THE MONTHLY RENT PAID FOR THE PRIMARY
 RESIDENCE OF THE FAMILY OF A DECEASED PUBLIC PROTECTION EMPLOYEE, OR THE
 MONTHLY PAYMENT UPON A BOND OR NOTE  SECURED  BY  A  MORTGAGE  UPON  THE
 PRIMARY  RESIDENCE OF THE FAMILY OF A DECEASED PUBLIC PROTECTION EMPLOY-
 EE.
              

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