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A06037 Summary:

BILL NO	A06037
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Kavanagh
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S131-a, Soc Serv L
Relates to shelter allowance calculation for participants in the federal housing choice voucher program.

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A06037 Actions:

BILL NO	A06037
03/11/2015	referred to social services
01/06/2016	referred to social services

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A06037 Committee Votes:

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A06037 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6037
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 11, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Social Services
 
        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the calculation
          of the shelter allowance for individuals and families receiving public
          assistance and participating in the Section 8 voucher program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 2 of section 131-a of
     2  the  social  services  law,  as relettered by chapter 598 of the laws of
     3  2007, are relettered paragraphs (e) and (f) and a new paragraph  (d)  is
     4  added to read as follows:
     5    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or of any other law
     6  or regulation to the contrary, the amount to be included in the standard
     7  of  need  for  shelter  for  an  eligible tenant who participates in the
     8  federal Section 8 housing choice voucher program shall  be  the  maximum
     9  shelter  allowance  prescribed by regulations of the department for non-
    10  participants in such voucher program residing  in  the  social  services
    11  district in which the participant in such voucher program resides.
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    13  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03465-01-5

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