§ 679-e. New York state district attorney and indigent legal services\nattorney loan forgiveness program. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant\nstudent loan forgiveness awards for the purpose of increasing the number\nof experienced attorneys serving in the position of district attorney or\nindigent legal services attorney in the counties of the state.\n 2. Definitions. a. (i) "Eligible attorney" means an attorney, who is a\nresident of and is admitted to practice law in New York state, who is\nemployed full-time as either a district attorney, as defined in\nsubparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, or an indigent legal services\nattorney, as defined in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, who is\nadmitted to practice law in this state for not more than eleven years or\nwho was within the eligible period as defined in paragraph b of this\nsubdivision during the time for which such person is seeking a student\nloan expense grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an eligible attorney\nshall include those district attorney applicants who were awarded\nprogram eligibility and who provided qualified service between April\nfirst, two thousand eight and March thirty-first, two thousand eleven;\nsuch an eligible attorney shall remain eligible to participate in the\nprogram provided they are within an eligible period measured from six\nyears from the date which such attorney was first employed as a district\nattorney.\n (ii) "District attorney" means the district attorney of one of the\ncounties of the state or an employee of the office of any such district\nattorney.\n (iii) "Indigent legal services attorney" means an attorney who is an\nemployee of (A) any agency designated by subdivisions one and two of\nsection seven hundred twenty-two of the county law, who is engaged in\nthe practice of criminal law on behalf of persons charged with a crime\nwho are financially unable to obtain counsel; (B) a not-for-profit\ncorporation that is exempt from the payment of federal income taxes\npursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and\nestablished for the purpose of providing legal services that include\ncivil legal services to persons within New York state who are\nfinancially unable to obtain counsel; or (C) an agency specified in\nclause (A) of this subparagraph and/or a corporation specified in clause\n(B) of this subparagraph and who provides a combination of the civil and\ncriminal services specified therein.\n b. "Eligible period" means the six-year period after completion of the\nthird year and before the commencement of the tenth year of employment\nas an eligible attorney. For purposes of this section, all periods of\ntime during which an admitted attorney was employed as an eligible\nattorney and all periods of time during which a law school graduate\nawaiting admission to the New York state bar was employed by a\nprosecuting or criminal defense agency as permitted by section four\nhundred eighty-four of the judiciary law shall be combined.\n c. "Student loan expense" means the total loan balance required to be\npaid by the eligible attorney on the cumulative total of the attorney's\noutstanding student loans covering his or her cost of attendance at an\nundergraduate institution and/or law school, at the time of the\nattorney's first application for reimbursement. Interest paid or due on\nsuch loans shall be considered eligible for reimbursement under this\nprogram. For purposes of this calculation, the amount of the student\nloan expenses shall be reduced by any grants, loan forgiveness, or\nsimilar reductions to the attorney's indebtedness that the attorney has\nreceived or shall receive, including, but not limited to, law school\nloan forgiveness and public service scholarships.\n d. "Year of qualified service" means the twelve month period measured\nfrom the anniversary of the attorney's employment as an eligible\nattorney, or as a law school graduate awaiting admission to the New York\nstate bar employed by a
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