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A 1500: Provides an exemption of any award from the September eleventh victim compensation fund from application to the satisfaction of money judgements.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What A 1500 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill aims to exempt awards from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund from being applied to money judgments. This means that if an individual receives compensation from the fund for their injuries or losses, it will not be used to satisfy any outstanding debts or money judgments they may have. The exemption will apply to awards established under the Federal Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act. The bill will take effect immediately.

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Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 191 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1500 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to provid- ing an exemption of any award from the September eleventh victim compensation fund from application to the satisfaction of money judg- ments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5205 of the civil practice law and rules is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision (q) is added to read as follows: 3 (q) Exemption of the recovery of awards from the September eleventh 4 victim compensation fund of two thousand one established pursuant to 5 title IV of the federal air transportation safety and system stabiliza- 6 tion act, public law 107-42, as amended. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04199-01-5 
Text of A 1500 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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