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Assembly Bill A6085A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Waives the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who meet the federal public service loan forgiveness program employment qualifications

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2019-A6085 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3819
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §468-a, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S987
2021-2022: A1862, S719
2023-2024: A696, S3262
2025-2026: S7439

2019-A6085 - Summary

Waives the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who meet the federal public service loan forgiveness program employment qualifications.

2019-A6085 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6085
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the judiciary law, in relation to waiving the biennial
   attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who meet the  federal
   public service loan forgiveness program employment qualifications

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 468-a of  the  judiciary  law,  as
 amended  by  section  9  of part K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. The biennial registration fee shall be three  hundred  seventy-five
 dollars,  sixty  dollars of which shall be allocated to and be deposited
 in a fund established pursuant to the provisions of section  ninety-sev-
 en-t of the state finance law, fifty dollars of which shall be allocated
 to  and  shall  be  deposited  in  a  fund  established  pursuant to the
 provisions of section ninety-eight-b of the state finance  law,  twenty-
 five  dollars  of  which  shall  be  allocated to be deposited in a fund
 established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-eight-c of  the
 state  finance law, and the remainder of which shall be deposited in the
 attorney licensing fund. Such fee shall be required  of  every  attorney
 who  is  admitted and licensed to practice law in this state, whether or
 not the attorney is engaged in the practice of  law  in  this  state  or
 elsewhere,  except  attorneys  who certify to the chief administrator of
 the courts that they have EITHER retired from the practice of law OR MET
 THE EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR  PARTICIPATION  OF  THE  FEDERAL  PUBLIC
 SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM AS SET OUT IN 34 CFR 685.219.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the  implementation  of
 the  foregoing  provisions of this act on its effective date are author-
 ized and directed to be made and completed on or before  such  effective
 date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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2019-A6085A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3819
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §468-a, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S987
2021-2022: A1862, S719
2023-2024: A696, S3262
2025-2026: S7439

2019-A6085A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who meet the federal public service loan forgiveness program employment qualifications.

2019-A6085A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6085--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, TAYLOR, THIELE, SAYEGH, STIRPE, ARROYO,
   O'DONNELL,  JOYNER,  MOSLEY,  BLAKE,  SIMON,  BUTTENSCHON,  GOTTFRIED,
   WILLIAMS, LIFTON, COOK, REYES, D'URSO,  CRUZ,  STERN,  WEPRIN,  STECK,
   FERNANDEZ  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to waiving  the  biennial
   attorney  registration fee for New York attorneys who meet the federal
   public service loan forgiveness program employment qualifications
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 468-a of the judiciary law, as
 amended by section 9 of part K of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2010,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   4.  The  biennial registration fee shall be three hundred seventy-five
 dollars, sixty dollars of which shall be allocated to and  be  deposited
 in  a fund established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-sev-
 en-t of the state finance law, fifty dollars of which shall be allocated
 to and shall  be  deposited  in  a  fund  established  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  section ninety-eight-b of the state finance law, twenty-
 five dollars of which shall be allocated  to  be  deposited  in  a  fund
 established  pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-eight-c of the
 state finance law, and the remainder of which shall be deposited in  the
 attorney  licensing  fund.  Such fee shall be required of every attorney
 who is admitted and licensed to practice law in this state,  whether  or
 not  the  attorney  is  engaged  in the practice of law in this state or
 elsewhere, except attorneys who certify to the  chief  administrator  of
 the courts that they have EITHER retired from the practice of law OR MET
 THE  EMPLOYMENT  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  PARTICIPATION  OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC
 SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM AS SET OUT IN 20 U.S.C. 1087E(M).
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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