Senate Bill S8976

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to award to victims of certain crimes

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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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2021-S8976 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7502
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §631, Exec L

2021-S8976 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to award to victims of certain crimes.

2021-S8976 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8976
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SALAZAR  --  (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  to amend the executive law, in relation to awards to victims of
   certain crimes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 631 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 179 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   11.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one, two and three
 of this section, an individual who was a victim of either the crime  of:
 menacing  in  the second degree as defined in subdivision one of section
 120.14 of the penal law; menacing in the  third  degree  as  defined  in
 section  120.15  of  the  penal law; RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.20 OF THE PENAL LAW; RECKLESS ENDANGER-
 MENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.25 OF THE PENAL  LAW;
 unlawful  imprisonment  in the first degree as defined in section 135.10
 of the penal law; kidnapping in the second degree as defined in  section
 135.20  of  the  penal law; kidnapping in the first degree as defined in
 section 135.25 of the penal law; criminal mischief in the fourth  degree
 as  defined  in  subdivision  four  of  section 145.00 of the penal law;
 robbery in the third degree as defined in section 160.05  of  the  penal
 law;  robbery  in the second degree as defined in subdivision one, para-
 graph (b) of subdivision two or subdivision three of section  160.10  of
 the  penal  law;  robbery in the first degree as defined in subdivisions
 two, three and four  of  section  160.15  of  the  penal  law;  unlawful
 surveillance  in  the  second degree as defined in section 250.45 of the
 penal law; or unlawful surveillance in the first degree  as  defined  in
 section 250.50 of the penal law who has not been physically injured as a
 direct  result  of  such  crime shall only be eligible for an award that
 includes loss of earnings, THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF CRIME SCENE  CLEANUP
 AND  SECURING  A  CRIME  SCENE, and the unreimbursed costs of counseling
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09940-01-1
              

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