Assembly Bill A6900

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Defines and establishes the extent of relocation expenses for crime victim awards

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6900 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4344
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §621, Exec L

2013-A6900 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines and establishes the extent of relocation expenses for crime victim awards.

2013-A6900 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6900

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT  -- (at request of the Office of
  Victim Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
  mental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
  relocation expenses for the purposes of crime victim services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 621  of  the  executive  law,  as
added by chapter 377 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  23.  "Relocation  expenses"  shall mean the cost of relocating a crime
victim, when relocation is necessary for the health  or  safety  of  the
victim. [Relocation expenses shall include the reasonable cost of moving
and  transportation  expenses.]  AN  AWARD  FOR RELOCATION EXPENSES OF A
VICTIM SHALL INCLUDE THE REASONABLE COST OF  MOVING  AND  TRANSPORTATION
EXPENSES  FOR  (A) THE VICTIM, WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE RELOCATION EXPENSES
OF THEIR SPOUSE AND ANY OTHER PERSON DEPENDENT FOR HIS OR HER  PRINCIPAL
SUPPORT UPON THE VICTIM OR SPOUSE WHO LIVES IN THE SAME RESIDENCE AS THE
VICTIM,  OR  (B)  IF  THE  VICTIM IS A CHILD VICTIM ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH AN
AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, THE CHILD VICTIM, WHICH MAY INCLUDE  THE
RELOCATION  EXPENSES OF THEIR PARENT, STEPPARENT, GUARDIAN AND ANY OTHER
PERSON DEPENDENT FOR HIS OR HER  PRINCIPAL  SUPPORT  UPON  SUCH  PARENT,
STEPPARENT,  AND  GUARDIAN  WHO LIVES IN THE SAME RESIDENCE AS THE CHILD
VICTIM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law  and shall apply to all original awards made on and
after such date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09017-01-3

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