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                                         8041
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 17, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, GLICK -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to eligibility of and
         awards to certain family members for crime scene clean-up
         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  624  of the executive law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
    3    (K) A SURVIVING SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER,  CHILD  OR  STEPCHILD  OF  A
    4  VICTIM  OF  A  CRIME WHO DIED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF SUCH CRIME AND WHERE
    5  SUCH CRIME OCCURRED IN THE RESIDENCE SHARED BY  SUCH  FAMILY  MEMBER  OR
    6  MEMBERS AND THE VICTIM.
    7    S  2.  Section  631  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
    8  subdivision 18 to read as follows:
    9    18. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND
   10  SUBJECT  TO  ANY  APPLICABLE MAXIMUM AWARD LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS
   11  SECTION, WHERE A VICTIM HAS DIED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF  THE  CRIME  UPON
   12  WHICH  THE  CLAIM  IS BASED AND THE CRIME OCCURRED IN THE RESIDENCE OF A
   13  PERSON ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION
   14  SIX  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS ARTICLE, THE OFFICE MAY MAKE NO MORE
   15  THAN ONE AWARD FOR CRIME SCENE CLEAN-UP RELATED TO SUCH RESIDENCE.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   17  have become law and shall apply to all original awards made on and after
   18  such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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