senate Bill S784

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing additional loan forgiveness benefits

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


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Jan 08, 2020 referred to higher education
Jan 09, 2019 referred to higher education

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S784 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §679-g, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7493
2017-2018: S2692
2021-2022: S1470

S784 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing additional loan forgiveness benefits; negative population growth.

S784 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S784 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   784

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. BRESLIN, KENNEDY -- 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  establishing  addi-
  tional loan forgiveness benefits

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 679-g of the education law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5.  ADDITIONAL  LOAN  FORGIVENESS  BENEFITS.  (A)  PAYMENTS UNDER THIS
PROGRAM SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR  AN  ADDITIONAL  TWENTY-FOUR  MONTHS  FOR
APPLICANTS  RESIDING  IN  COUNTIES  IN  THIS STATE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED
NEGATIVE POPULATION GROWTH FROM JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND,  TO  THE
LATEST  AVAILABLE ANNUAL ESTIMATES OF THE RESIDENT POPULATION. A RECIPI-
ENT WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF SUCH A COUNTY AT  THE  TIME  AN  ADDITIONAL
PAYMENT  IS MADE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REFUND SUCH
PAYMENTS TO THE STATE. THE CORPORATION SHALL BE  AUTHORIZED  TO  RECOVER
SUCH  PAYMENTS  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY
THE CORPORATION.
  (B) ANY COUNTY THAT  EXPERIENCES  TWENTY-FOUR  CONSECUTIVE  MONTHS  OF
POPULATION GROWTH AS DETERMINED BY THE LATEST AVAILABLE ANNUAL ESTIMATES
OF  RESIDENT  POPULATION BY THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SHALL
BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS DESCRIBED UNDER PARAGRAPH  (A)
OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  UNLESS  AND  UNTIL  SUCH  COUNTY EXPERIENCES SIX
CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF POPULATION DECLINE.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05934-01-9

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