Bill Text: NY A04490 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases the membership of the crime victims compensation board to 6 members by adding an attorney with a concentration in elder law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A04490 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04490-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4490--B
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, J. RIVERA, JAFFEE, PHEFFER,
         MAYERSOHN,  FIELDS,  GUNTHER,  SCHROEDER,  MARKEY,  EDDINGTON, LAVINE,
         ESPAILLAT, LANCMAN, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,
         GABRYSZAK,  JACOBS,  V. LOPEZ,  MAGEE, McENENY, PEOPLES, TOWNS -- read
         once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee -- again reported  from  said  committee
         with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
         committee
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  one  member
         of  the  crime  victims  compensation  board  to be an attorney with a
         concentration in elder law
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  622 of the executive law, as
    2  amended by chapter 17 of the  laws  of  1982,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  There is hereby created in the executive department a board, to be
    5  known as the crime victims board. Such board shall consist of [five] SIX
    6  members, no more than [three] FOUR of whom  shall  belong  to  the  same
    7  political  party, who shall be appointed by the governor by and with the
    8  advice and consent of the senate. Three of the members appointed by  the
    9  governor  shall  have  been admitted to practice law in the state of New
   10  York for not less than five years next preceding their  appointment  AND
   11  ONE  SHALL  HAVE  BEEN ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
   12  WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ELDER LAW FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS PRECEDING
   13  HIS OR HER APPOINTMENT.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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