Bill Text: NY S02646 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients from $3,400 to $5,500.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02646 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02646-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2646
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 28, 2019
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        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 a of subdivision 3 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    a.  An  eligible  attorney  may  apply  for  reimbursement  after  the
     5  completion  of  each  year  of  qualified  service provided however that
     6  reimbursement to each eligible attorney shall not exceed [three thousand
     7  four hundred] five thousand five hundred dollars, per  qualifying  year,
     8  subject  to  appropriations available therefor. The president may estab-
     9  lish: (i) an application deadline and (ii) a method of selecting recipi-
    10  ents if in any given year there are  insufficient  funds  to  cover  the
    11  needs  of all the applicants.  Awards shall be within the amounts appro-
    12  priated for such purpose and based on availability of funds.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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