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A05986 Summary:

BILL NOA05986 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCarroll R (MS)

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Simon, Sayegh, Dinowitz, Hyndman

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MLTSPNSRButtenschon

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Add §99-g, St Fin L; amd §§465 & 212, add Art 15-B §§499-aa - 499-cc, Judy L

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Establishes the "public interest legal services loan assistance fund" of the state of New York (to consist of a portion of bar examination fees and other funds appropriated by the legislature therefor and such other monies as may be credited or otherwise transferred from any other fund or source pursuant to law, including voluntary contributions); provides for administration of such fund to assist public service attorneys practicing public interest law in repaying their student loans; defines certain terms and adds other related provisions.

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BILL NOA05986 

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02/25/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5986

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, ROSENTHAL, SIMON, SAYEGH, DINOWITZ,
 HYNDMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the judiciary law, in relation
 to establishing a fund to assist public service attorneys practicing
 public service law to repay their student loans

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public
 2 interest legal services loan assistance act".
 3 § 2. Declaration of policy and legislative intent. The legislature
 4 reaffirms that the efficient and effective provision of high-quality
 5 legal services on behalf of the state, its political subdivisions and
 6 the populations therein depends on competent, dedicated attorneys making
 7 a long-term commitment to public-service work, whether as prosecutors,
 8 public defenders or other indigent defense attorneys, civil legal
 9 services attorneys, or the equivalent. The legislature finds, however,
 10 that because these attorneys often carry significant and increasing
 11 student loan debt burdens and have grave difficulty in repaying such
 12 debts on the relatively low salaries paid by most public interest posi-
 13 tions, many of these attorneys are being forced to leave public service.
 14 The loss of so many capable public interest attorneys, often at the very
 15 time they have achieved sufficient training and experience to handle the
 16 most complex matters of public concern, has had an adverse impact on
 17 government generally and reduced the capacity of the criminal and civil
 18 justice systems to provide the consistently high-quality legal services
 19 the people of New York state deserve. The legislature finds that the
 20 difficulty of attracting and retaining well-trained public interest
 21 lawyers due to student loan debt frustrates the achievement of important
 22 constitutional and statutory policy objectives, increases the cost of
 23 state and local government, and diminishes public confidence in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07660-01-5

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 1 criminal and civil justice systems. The legislature therefore recognizes
 2 the value of retaining these seasoned public servants in public interest
 3 positions and finds that it is in the public interest to provide finan-
 4 cial assistance to help these attorneys repay their student loans.
 5 Accordingly, the legislature hereby establishes the public interest
 6 legal services loan assistance fund.
 7 § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-g to
 8 read as follows:
 9 § 99-g. Public interest legal services loan assistance fund. 1. There
 10 is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and
 11 the chief administrator of the courts a special fund to be known as the
 12 "public interest legal services loan