STATE OF NEW YORK
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8041
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 17, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, GLICK -- 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, domestic partner, child or stepchild of a
4 victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime and where
5 such crime occurred in the residence shared by such family member or
6 members and the victim.
7 § 2. Section 631 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
8 subdivision 18 to read as follows:
9 18. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article and
10 subject to any applicable maximum award limitations contained in this
11 section, where a victim has died as a direct result of the crime upon
12 which the claim is based and the crime occurred in the residence of a
13 person eligible pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision one of section
14 six hundred twenty-four of this article, the office may make no more
15 than one award for crime scene clean-up related to such residence.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
17 have become law and shall apply to all original awards made on and after
18 such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11455-01-3
