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Senate Bill S4635

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing loan forgiveness for attorneys performing legal services for indigent clients

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2023-S4635 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §679-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6731
2019-2020: S2646
2021-2022: S5681
2025-2026: S6945

2023-S4635 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients from $3,400 to $5,500.

2023-S4635 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4635 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4635
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  the  New  York  state
   district  attorney  and indigent legal services attorney loan forgive-
   ness program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 679-e of the educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by section 1 of part VV of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  An  eligible  attorney  may  apply  for  reimbursement  after  the
 completion  of  each  year  of  qualified  service provided however that
 reimbursement to each eligible attorney shall not exceed [three thousand
 four hundred] FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED dollars, per  qualifying  year,
 subject  to  appropriations available therefor. The president may estab-
 lish: (i) an application deadline and (ii) a method of selecting recipi-
 ents if in any given year there are  insufficient  funds  to  cover  the
 needs  of all the applicants.  Awards shall be within the amounts appro-
 priated for such purpose and based on availability of funds.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2024.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08715-01-3

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