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Assembly Bill A8481

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates the displaced homemakers fund

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2019-A8481 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6122
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §825, Lab L; add §99-hh, St Fin L; amd §8018, CPLR

2019-A8481 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain monies received by the comptroller be deposited into a special revenue fund to be known as the displaced homemakers fund; institutes an additional $10 fee for initiating a matrimonial action, such funds shall be deposited in the fund; provides further that such monies be made available generally for costs and expenses of the commissioner of labor in administering the provisions of the displaced homemakers act.

2019-A8481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8481
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, the state finance law and the civil prac-
   tice law and rules, in relation to displaced homemakers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 825 of
 the labor law, as added by chapter 717 of the laws of 1977,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   Upon  receipt  of federal funding designated to assist displaced home-
 makers, AS AUGMENTED BY REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE DISPLACED  HOMEMAKERS
 FUND AS PROVIDED IN SECTION NINETY-NINE-HH OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, the
 commissioner  shall establish multipurpose service centers for displaced
 homemakers which shall provide the following:
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-hh to
 read as follows:
   § 99-HH. DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS FUND. 1.  ALL  MONIES  RECEIVED  BY  THE
 COMPTROLLER  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION EIGHT THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE  LAW  AND  RULES  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A  STATE
 SPECIAL  REVENUE  FUND, TO BE HELD BY THE COMPTROLLER AND TO BE KNOWN AS
 THE DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS FUND. SUCH STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND SHALL  BE
 DEPOSITED  TO  THE CREDIT OF THE COMPTROLLER IN ONE OR MORE STATE BANKS,
 TRUST COMPANIES OR SAVINGS BANKS AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE COMPTROLLER
 AT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST, IF ANY, AS FROM TIME TO  TIME  MAY  BE  AGREED
 UPON BY THE DEPOSITORIES AND THE COMPTROLLER.
   2.  MONIES  OF  THE  FUND  SHALL  BE AVAILABLE GENERALLY FOR COSTS AND
 EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR IN ADMINISTERING THE PROVISIONS OF
 ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-B OF THE LABOR LAW.
   3. THE MONIES SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT  AND  WARRANT
 OF THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OR
 HIS OR HER DULY DESIGNATED OFFICER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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