Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 30, 2010 |
vetoed memo.6793 |
Aug 18, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jul 01, 2010 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.507 substituted for a1516 |
Jun 17, 2010 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 16, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.1015 |
Jun 15, 2010 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 03, 2010 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Feb 23, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 26, 2010 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S6680
Vetoed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S6680 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S6680 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6680 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to certain exempt assets for public assistance eligibility PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To provide for a uniform allowable resource exemption and disregard for an applicant or recipient with an automobile. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social services law, as am.ended by chapter 373 of laws of 2003, is amended to provide and automobile resource disregard up to nine thousand three hundred dollars fair market value. JUSTIFICATION : The current law provides a two tier system for determining the automobile resource disregard when calculating the amount of benefits of any household under public assistance programs. The law provides a lower amount unless the automobile is being used to seek or retain employment. The current structure does not adequately contemplate the effects of inflation or other auto uses such as the pursuit of education. This legislation will provide a uniform automobile resource limit that is practical and fair to those individual. who depend on
2009-S6680 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6680 I N S E N A T E January 26, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to certain exempt assets for public assistance eligibility THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social services law, as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded in calcu- lating the amount of benefits of any household under any public assist- ance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thou- sand dollars, or three thousand dollars in the case of households in which any member is sixty years of age or older, (b) an amount up to four thousand six hundred fifty dollars in a separate bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose of enabling the individual to purchase a first or replacement vehicle for the recipient to seek, obtain or maintain employment, so long as the funds are not used for any other purpose, (c) an amount up to one thousand four hundred dollars in a separate bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt of assistance for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long as the funds are not used for any other purpose, (d) the home which is the usual residence of the household, (e) one automobile, up to [four thousand six hundred fifty dollars fair market value, provided, however, that if the automo- bile is needed for the applicant or recipient to seek or retain employ- ment or travel to and from work activities as defined in section three hundred thirty-six of this chapter, the automobile exemption shall be increased to] nine thousand three hundred dollars FAIR MARKET VALUE, or such other higher dollar value as the local social services district may elect to adopt, (f) one burial plot per household member as defined in department regulations, (g) bona fide funeral agreements up to a total of one thousand five hundred dollars in equity value per household EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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