Raises the level of emergency crime victims claims to $6,000 or less for which no finding of financial difficulty is required for which Crime Victims Board must determine that the claimant will suffer financial difficulty.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3943
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime
and Correction
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to raising the level of
claims for which proof of financial difficulty is not required
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of
2 section 631 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 400 of the laws
3 of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
4 Claims may be approved only if the board or board member, as the case
5 may be, finds that unless the claimant's award is approved he or she
6 will suffer financial difficulty. However, no finding of financial
7 difficulty is required for a claim for an emergency award or an award
8 less than [five] six thousand dollars. In determining financial diffi-
9 culty, the board or board member shall consider all relevant factors,
10 including but not limited to:
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
12 claims pending before the board or submitted thereto on or after its
13 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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