STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7017

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 24, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and
          Disability  Assistance)  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

        AN ACT to amend chapter 436  of  the  laws  of  1997,  constituting  the
          welfare  reform  act  of  1997,  in  relation to extending the current
          exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision (c) of section 153 of part B of chapter 436 of
     2  the laws of 1997, constituting  the  welfare  reform  act  of  1997,  as
     3  amended  by  chapter  213  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (c) Section sixteen of this act shall take effect November 1, 1997 and
     6  expire and be deemed repealed August 22, [2021] 2023;
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
     8  if this act shall have become a law on or after August 22, 2021 this act
     9  shall  take  effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full
    10  force and effect on and after August 22, 2021.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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