Bill Text: NY A09898 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9898 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the eligibility for crime victim awards of certain family members of homicide victims.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-14 - substituted by s6848 [A09898 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09898-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9898
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. SCHIMEL, DUPREY, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of
         the Office of Victim Services)  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to the eligibility of
         certain family members of homicide victims
         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 1 of section 624 of the execu-
    2  tive  law,  as amended by chapter 427 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (b) a surviving spouse,  grandparent,  parent,  stepparent,  GUARDIAN,
    5  BROTHER, SISTER, STEPBROTHER, STEPSISTER, child or stepchild of a victim
    6  of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime;
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14483-01-2