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NY S04529
Bill
Status
2/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
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AI Summary
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Establishes a military pro bono program through the Attorney General to provide free legal assistance to active duty military personnel, those deployed for active duty (excluding training), and their family members living or stationed in New York
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Legal assistance covers civil law, family law, estate planning, employment law, immigration law, debtor-creditor law, and military administrative law
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Authorizes the Attorney General and Adjutant General to receive grants, gifts, and donations to fund the program, with contributions deposited in the New York Interest on Lawyer Account Fund
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Creates a Military Family Legal Assistance Advisory Committee co-chaired by the State Judge Advocate and the IOLA Fund board chair, including representatives from military legal assistance offices, the State Bar Association, Division of Veterans' Services, and legal aid organizations
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Amends the State Finance Law to include legal assistance for military families as an approved use of IOLA funds designated for improving the administration of justice
Legislative Description
Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the adjutant general and the chair of the board of trustees of the New York interest on lawyer account fund, establish a military pro bono program to provide legal assistance without charge to those in active military service of the United States and those military personnel who have been deployed for active duty other than training, and their family members domiciled or stationed in the state; makes related provisions.
Last Action
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
1/7/2026