Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 18, 2022 | referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 11, 2022 | advanced to third reading |
May 10, 2022 | 2nd report cal. |
May 09, 2022 | 1st report cal.1141 |
May 04, 2022 | print number 8603a |
May 04, 2022 | amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction |
Mar 21, 2022 | referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
senate Bill S8603A
Sponsored By
Julia Salazar
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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S8603 - Details
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§621 & 631, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S303
S8603 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8603 SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to awards made to crime victims PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To clarify the definitions of "essential personal property" and "proper- ty necessary and essential to the welfare of the victim" as those terms are used in the executive law to ensure that crime victims have meaning- ful access to reimbursement for property lost, damaged, or stolen as the result of a crime. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 8 of section 621 of the executive law, as added by chapter 197 of the laws of 1983, which defines "essential personal property", by adding two new subdivisions.
S8603 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8603 I N S E N A T E March 21, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- 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 made to crime victims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 621 of the executive law, as added by chapter 197 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: 8. "Essential personal property" shall mean articles of personal prop- erty necessary and essential to the health, welfare or safety of the victim. (A) PERSONAL PROPERTY NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE VICTIM SHALL MEAN PERSONAL PROPERTY LOST, DAMAGED, OR STOLEN AS A RESULT OF THE CRIME AND FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT OR REPLACEMENT IS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE VICTIM TO RESTORE STABILITY OR MAINTAIN A REASONABLE AND/OR BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING. (B) THE OFFICE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DETERMI- NATION AND APPROVAL OF WHAT CONSTITUTES PROPERTY REASONABLY NECESSARY TO RESTORE OR MAINTAIN A REASONABLE AND/OR BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE. § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 631 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows 9. (A) Any award made for the cost of repair or replacement of essen- tial personal property, including cash losses of essential personal property, shall be limited to an amount of [five] TWENTY-FIVE hundred dollars, except that all cash losses of essential personal property shall be limited to the amount of one hundred dollars. In the case of medically necessary life-sustaining equipment which was lost or damaged as the direct result of a crime, the award shall be limited to the amount of ten thousand dollars. (B) FOR PROPERTY NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE VICTIM, THE OFFICE MAY REQUEST THAT THE CLAIMANT PROVIDE ESTIMATES OR RECEIPTS FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY LOST, DAMAGED OR STOLEN AS A RESULT OF THE CRIME. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
S8603A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§621 & 631, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S303
S8603A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8603A SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to awards made to crime victims PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To clarify the definitions of "essential personal property" and "proper- ty necessary and essential to the welfare of the victim" as those terms are used in the executive law to ensure that crime victims have meaning- ful access to reimbursement for property lost, damaged, or stolen as the result of a crime. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 8 of section 621 of the executive law, as added by chapter 197 of the laws of 1983, which defines "essential personal property", by adding two new subdivisions.
S8603A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8603--A I N S E N A T E March 21, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to awards made to crime victims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 621 of the executive law, as added by chapter 197 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: 8. "Essential personal property" shall mean articles of personal prop- erty necessary and essential to the health, welfare or safety of the victim. (A) PERSONAL PROPERTY NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE VICTIM SHALL MEAN PERSONAL PROPERTY OF A VICTIM THAT IS LOST, DAMAGED, OR STOLEN AS A RESULT OF A CRIME AND FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT OR REPLACE- MENT IS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE VICTIM TO RESTORE STABILITY OR MAINTAIN A REASONABLE AND/OR BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING. (B) THE OFFICE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DETERMI- NATION AND APPROVAL OF WHAT CONSTITUTES PROPERTY REASONABLY NECESSARY TO RESTORE OR MAINTAIN A REASONABLE AND/OR BASIC STANDARD OF LIVING CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE. § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 631 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 9. (A) Any award made for the cost of repair or replacement of essen- tial personal property, including cash losses of essential personal property, shall be limited to an amount of [five] TWENTY-FIVE hundred dollars, except that all cash losses of essential personal property shall be limited to the amount of one hundred dollars. In the case of medically necessary life-sustaining equipment which was lost or damaged as the direct result of a crime, the award shall be limited to the amount of ten thousand dollars. (B) FOR PROPERTY NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE VICTIM, THE OFFICE MAY REQUEST THAT THE CLAIMANT PROVIDE ESTIMATES OR RECEIPTS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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