S04606 Summary:

BILL NOS04606
 
SAME ASSAME AS A02227
 
SPONSORLANZA
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §679-e, Ed L
 
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness.
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S04606 Actions:

BILL NOS04606
 
02/13/2023REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/03/2024REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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S04606 Committee Votes:

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S04606 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S04606 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4606
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  New  York  State
          district  attorney  and indigent legal services attorney loan forgive-
          ness program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 679-e of the educa-
     2  tion  law,  as amended by section 1 of part VV of chapter 56 of the laws
     3  of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     4    b. "Eligible period" means  the  [six-year]  seven-year  period  after
     5  completion of the [third] second year and before the commencement of the
     6  tenth  year  of employment as an eligible attorney. For purposes of this
     7  section, all periods of time  during  which  an  admitted  attorney  was
     8  employed  as an eligible attorney and all periods of time during which a
     9  law school graduate awaiting admission to the New  York  state  bar  was
    10  employed  by  a  prosecuting  or criminal defense agency as permitted by
    11  section four hundred eighty-four of the judiciary law shall be combined.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Nothing in this act shall
    13  be implemented in a manner that diminishes the current award  or  status
    14  of eligible attorneys currently participating in the program.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03407-01-3
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