Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 20, 2019 |
signed chap.523 |
Nov 08, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 03, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.446 substituted for a7518 |
May 22, 2019 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 20, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
May 15, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
May 14, 2019 |
1st report cal.706 |
May 03, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S5515
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S5515 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7518
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §412, Fam Ct Act; amd §236, Dom Rel L
2019-S5515 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5515 SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the family court act and the domestic relations law, in relation to the date of adjustment and amount of the spousal maintenance cap This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of his Matrimoni- al Practice Advisory and Rules Committee. This measure would amend provisions of the Family Court Act and the Domestic Relations Law to change the biennial date of adjustment of the "income cap" under the maintenance guidelines law to coincide with the biennial adjustment date of the "income cap" under the Child Support Standards Act. The maintenance guidelines law, enacted as chapter 269 of the Laws of 2015, provided that the maintenance income cap would be set initially at $175,000 and would increase pursuant to an adjustment formula keyed to increases in the CPI on January 31, 2016 and every two years thereafter. January 31' was the date set for adjustment of the temporary maintenance income cap under the temporary maintenance law, enacted in 2010, in
2019-S5515 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5515 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 3, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the family court act and the domestic relations law, in relation to the date of adjustment and amount of the spousal mainte- nance cap THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 412 of the family court act, as added by chapter 269 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (d) "income cap" shall mean up to and including one hundred [seventy- five] EIGHTY-FOUR thousand dollars of the payor's annual income; provided, however, beginning [January thirty-first] MARCH FIRST, two thousand [sixteen] TWENTY and every two years thereafter, the income cap amount shall increase by the sum of the average annual percentage chang- es in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) as published by the United States department of labor bureau of labor statistics for the prior two years multiplied by the then income cap and then rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars. The office of court administration shall determine and publish the income cap. § 2. Subparagraph 5 of paragraph b of subdivision 5-a of part B of section 236 of the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 269 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (5) "Income cap" shall mean up to and including one hundred [seventy- five] EIGHTY-FOUR thousand dollars of the payor's annual income; provided, however, beginning [January thirty-first] MARCH FIRST, two thousand [sixteen] TWENTY and every two years thereafter, the income cap amount shall increase by the sum of the average annual percentage chang- es in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) as published by the United States department of labor bureau of labor EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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