FEE WAIVER SOUGHT FOR SURVIVORS.Byline: Daily News State Treasurer Noun 1. state treasurer - the treasurer for a state government financial officer, treasurer - an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds Phil Angelides Philip Nicholas "Phil" Angelides (IPA: æn.dʒε.'lid.ɪs) (born June 11, 1953 in Sacramento, California), is a California politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections. called Wednesday on California banks to waive wire-transfer fees for reparations reparations, payments or other compensation offered as an indemnity for loss or damage. Although the term is used to cover payments made to Holocaust survivors and to Japanese Americans interned during World War II in so-called relocation camps (and used as well to to Holocaust survivors. Angelides said he would notify 170 California financial institutions seeking the waiver for the estimated 6,000 to 8,000 residents who get restitution from Germany and other nations. Transfer or wire fees can range between $10 and $40 per transaction as part of a $4.5 billion global settlement. ``More than 60 years have passed since the atrocities of the Holocaust,'' said Angelides in a statement. ``These Holocaust survivors and their families have suffered enough.'' The treasurer announced his campaign at a news conference at Bet Tzedek Legal Services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. in Los Angeles to build on efforts by Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, D-Woodland Hills, to convince banks to waive transfer fees for reparation Compensation for an injury; redress for a wrong inflicted. The losing countries in a war often must pay damages to the victors for the economic harm that the losing countries inflicted during wartime. These damages are commonly called military reparations. and restitution payments. California is home to an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Holocaust survivors. |
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