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Assembly Bill A1194

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of funds and payments from the IOLA fund

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2025-A1194 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §97-v, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10253

2025-A1194 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of funds and payments from the IOLA fund; provides that funds and payments shall not be used for any other purpose other than as stated in section 97-v of the state finance law.

2025-A1194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1194
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, ROSENTHAL, RAGA, SIMONE, LUPARDO -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to the use of funds
   and payments from the IOLA fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph f of subdivision 3 of section 97-v of the state
 finance law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1983, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   f.  The  board  shall  insure  that grants and contracts are made with
 not-for-profit providers of civil legal services for the poor to provide
 stable, economical and high quality delivery of civil legal services  to
 the  poor  throughout  the  state. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW,
 RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS SHALL  NOT  BE  USED  FOR  ANY
 OTHER PURPOSE OTHER THAN AS STATED IN THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 97-v of the state finance
 law,  as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as
 follows:
   h. All payments from the IOLA fund shall be made by  the  state  comp-
 troller upon certification and authorization of the board of trustees of
 the  fund.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO
 THE CONTRARY, PAYMENTS SHALL NOT BE USED FOR  ANY  OTHER  PURPOSE  OTHER
 THAN AS STATED IN THIS SECTION.
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03321-01-5

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