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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6899
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 23, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HENNESSEY, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the
          Office of Victim Services) -- read once and referred to the  Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to eligibility of and
          awards to certain family members for crime scene clean-up
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  624  of the executive law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
     3    (k) a surviving spouse, child or stepchild of a victim of a crime  who
     4  died  as  a direct result of such crime and where such crime occurred in
     5  the residence shared by such family member or members and the victim.
     6    § 2. Section 631 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     7  subdivision 18 to read as follows:
     8    18.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision of this article and
     9  subject to any applicable maximum award limitations  contained  in  this
    10  section,  where  a  victim has died as a direct result of the crime upon

    11  which the claim is based and the crime occurred in the  residence  of  a
    12  person  eligible pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision one of section
    13  six hundred twenty-four of this article, the office  may  make  no  more
    14  than one award for crime scene clean-up related to such residence.
    15    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    16  have become law and shall apply to all original awards made on and after
    17  such date.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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