Senate Bill S5443

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the reimbursement of employment-related transportation expenses incurred due to the physical injuries sustained as a direct result of a crime

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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-S5443 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10307
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§621 & 631, Exec L

2019-S5443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reimbursement of employment-related transportation expenses incurred due to the physical injuries sustained as a direct result of a crime.

2019-S5443 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5443
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PERSAUD  --  (at  request  of the Office of Victim
   Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
 
 AN  ACT AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the reimburse-
   ment of employment-related transportation expenses  necessary  as  the
   result of a crime
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 621 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 25 to read as follows:
   25. "EMPLOYMENT-RELATED TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES" SHALL MEAN THE  COSTS
 IN  EXCESS  OF  THOSE  NORMALLY  EXPENDED BY A VICTIM TO GET TO AND FROM
 THEIR PLACES OF  EMPLOYMENT,  DUE  TO  THE  PERSONAL  PHYSICAL  INJURIES
 SUSTAINED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CRIME UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED.
 IF  REQUIRED  BY LAW, SUCH PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE
 APPROPRIATE TAXING AUTHORITY. SUCH COSTS SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE PURCHASE,
 LEASE OR RENTAL OF A VEHICLE.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 631 of the executive law, as amended  by
 chapter 494 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Any  award made pursuant to this article shall be in an amount not
 exceeding  out-of-pocket  expenses,  including  indebtedness  reasonably
 incurred  for  medical  or  other  services necessary as a result of the
 injury upon which the claim  is  based;  loss  of  earnings  or  support
 resulting  from  such injury not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; loss
 of savings not to exceed thirty thousand dollars;  burial  expenses  not
 exceeding six thousand dollars of a victim who died on or after November
 first,  nineteen  ninety-six as a direct result of a crime; the costs of
 crime scene cleanup and securing of a crime scene not exceeding  twenty-
 five hundred dollars; reasonable relocation expenses not exceeding twen-
 ty-five  hundred  dollars;  REASONABLE EMPLOYMENT-RELATED TRANSPORTATION
 EXPENSES, NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS and the unreimbursed
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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