Assembly Bill A1279

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the child victims act fund; appropriation

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A1279 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4866
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add §99-qq, St Fin L; add §§209-q & 630-l, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9138

2023-A1279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the child victims act fund which provides grant awards in reimbursement to public school districts and voluntary foster care agencies located within the state who have been named as defendants in certain child sexual abuse legal cases and in which it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that no insurance policy for the covered period can be located after a good-faith effort to do so has been made, there was a monetary judgment issued or settlement agreement with regard to such action and where it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that payment in full of such judgment or settlement would put a substantial burden on the district's or agency's ability to execute its mission and negatively impact its existing student population.

2023-A1279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1279
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUNSFORD, CONRAD, HUNTER, WALLACE, FORREST --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the tax law,  in  relation  to
   establishing  the  child victims act fund; and making an appropriation
   therefor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 99-qq to read as follows:
   § 99-QQ. CHILD VICTIMS ACT FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE
 JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,  THE  COMP-
 TROLLER,  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "CHILD  VICTIMS  ACT  FUND".
 MONIES  IN  THE FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM AND NOT COMMINGLED WITH
 OTHER FUNDS.
   2. SUCH FUNDS SHALL CONSIST OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
 OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PURSUANT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTIONS  TWO
 HUNDRED  NINE-Q  AND  SIX  HUNDRED THIRTY-L OF THE TAX LAW AND ALL OTHER
 MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED  THERETO  FROM  ANY  OTHER
 FUND  OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL
 PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS,  GIFTS,  OR  BEQUESTS  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO
 THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR, THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN
 REPORT TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  THE  CHAIR  OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE
 ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE COMPTROLLER, AND THE PUBLIC. SUCH
 REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW THE MONIES OF THE FUND WERE UTILIZED DURING THE
 PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR, AND SHALL INCLUDE:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01911-01-3
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