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Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, the state finance law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to displaced homemakers
Purpose
In order to increase revenues for the displaced homemaker program. This bill: (1 )amends the state finance law to establish a displaced homemaker fund from fees collected from divorce filings: such monies will be available to the Industrial Commissioner, subject to legislative authorization, to augment revenues received by these programs from other sources and (2)amends CPLR to require a $10 fee on all divorce filings. Funds will be under the State Comptroller's jurisdiction.
Summary of provisions
Section 825, subdivision 1 of the labor law and adds a new section 99-q to the finance law.
Justification
Many individuals, left on their own through divorce, separation or death of a spouse, are forced into the business world but lack the necessary skills to find a job. This legislation would set up a fund, through a $10 divorce filing fee, for these "displaced homemakers" to learn skills which would enable them to enter or re-enter the work force. They would be then self supporting and this would eliminate the need for public assistance Similar legislation was passed in the States of Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Utah and Washing- ton. A needs assessment program conducted by the State Education Department documents the fact that there are approximately 1,008,816 displaced homemakers in the State, but due to lack of funds only 90,000 have been reached by the program. Passage of this legislation would be most cost effective because it would generate approximately $629,240.00 that would allow hundreds of displaced homemakers to utilize the program thus removing them from public assistance and saving taxpayers thousands of dollars each year This figure is achieved by multiplying the number of divorces for 1988: 62,924 by $10 a divorce.
Legislative history
2007-2008 S.4763 Died in Committee 2005-2006 S.1794 Died in Committee 2003-2004 S.3005 Died in Committee 2001-2002 S.2442 Died in Committee 1999-2000 S.2438 Died in Committee 1997-1998 S.3262 Died in Committee 1995-1996 S.2635 Died in Committee
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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