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A09919 Summary:

A09919 Actions:

A09919 Committee Votes:

Committee:JUDICIARY   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:02/28/2018AYE/NAY:18/0  Action: Favorable         
Dinowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Excused
Titus
Excused
Montesano
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Weprin
Excused
Castorina
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Quart
Aye
Titone
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Steck
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Simon
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Abinanti
Aye

A09919 Floor Votes:

A09919 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9919
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 22, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JOYNER -- (at request of the Office of Court
          Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Judici-
          ary
 
        AN  ACT to amend the family court act and the domestic relations law, in
          relation to the date of adjustment of the spousal maintenance cap
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 412 of the family
     2  court  act,  as  added by chapter 269 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (d) "income cap" shall mean up to and including one hundred  [seventy-
     5  five]  eighty-four  thousand  dollars  of  the  payor's  annual  income;
     6  provided, however, beginning [January  thirty-first]  March  first,  two
     7  thousand [sixteen] twenty and every two years thereafter, the income cap
     8  amount shall increase by the sum of the average annual percentage chang-
     9  es  in  the  consumer  price  index  for  all urban consumers (CPI-U) as
    10  published by the United States  department  of  labor  bureau  of  labor
    11  statistics for the prior two years multiplied by the then income cap and
    12  then  rounded  to  the nearest one thousand dollars. The office of court
    13  administration shall determine and publish the income cap.
    14    § 2. Subparagraph 5 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5-a of part  B  of
    15  section  236 of the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 269 of
    16  the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    17    (5) "Income cap" shall mean up to and including one hundred  [seventy-
    18  five]  eighty-four  thousand  dollars  of  the  payor's  annual  income;
    19  provided, however, beginning [January  thirty-first]  March  first,  two
    20  thousand [sixteen] twenty and every two years thereafter, the income cap
    21  amount shall increase by the sum of the average annual percentage chang-
    22  es  in  the  consumer  price  index  for  all urban consumers (CPI-U) as
    23  published by the United States  department  of  labor  bureau  of  labor
    24  statistics for the prior two years multiplied by the then income cap and
    25  then  rounded  to  the nearest one thousand dollars. The office of court
    26  administration shall determine and publish the income cap.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14527-01-8
        A. 9919                             2
 
     1    § 3. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 6  of  part  B  of
     2  section  236 of the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 269 of
     3  the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (4)  "Income cap" shall mean up to and including one hundred [seventy-
     5  five]  eighty-four  thousand  dollars  of  the  payor's  annual  income;
     6  provided,  however,  beginning  [January  thirty-first] March first, two
     7  thousand [sixteen] twenty and every two years thereafter, the income cap
     8  amount shall increase by the sum of the average annual percentage chang-
     9  es in the consumer price  index  for  all  urban  consumers  (CPI-U)  as
    10  published  by  the  United  States  department  of labor bureau of labor
    11  statistics for the prior two years multiplied by the then income cap and
    12  then rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars. The  office  of  court
    13  administration shall determine and publish the income cap.
    14    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.