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                                 1303--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
  the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the abandoned property law and the state technology law,
  in relation to unclaimed funds

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1402 of the aban-
doned property law is relettered paragraph (c) and a new  paragraph  (b)
is added to read as follows:
  (B) IN ADDITION TO THE LIST REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, EACH SEPTEMBER AND MARCH, THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL PUBLISH IN A
NEWSPAPER,  AS PROVIDED BY SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TEN OF THIS
ARTICLE, A STATEMENT OF ABANDONED PROPERTY  PAID  TO  AND  HELD  BY  THE
STATE,  FOR  THE  RESPECTIVE ANNUAL PERIODS JUNE FIRST, THROUGH NOVEMBER
THIRTIETH AND DECEMBER FIRST, THROUGH MAY THIRTY-FIRST.  EACH AND  EVERY
TIME THE COMPTROLLER PUBLISHES SUCH A STATEMENT, HE OR SHE SHALL INCLUDE
A  NOTICE  THAT  READERS  MAY OBTAIN A LARGE PRINT COPY OF THE UNCLAIMED
FUNDS LIST  BY  WRITING  THE  COMPTROLLER'S  OFFICE  OR  HAVE  A  SEARCH
CONDUCTED  FOR  THEM  BY  CALLING  A DESIGNATED NUMBER. THIS NOTICE MUST
APPEAR IN TYPEFACE AND FONT-SIZE  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
OFFICE  FOR  TECHNOLOGY  TO ASSIST THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND INCLUDE THE
PHONE NUMBER AND MAILING ADDRESS TO THE NEW YORK  STATE  OFFICE  OF  THE
STATE COMPTROLLER, OFFICE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS.
  S  2.  Section  103 of the state technology law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 22 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03547-02-4

              

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  22. TO CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSION ON THE  BLIND  AND  VISUALLY  HAND-
ICAPPED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR TYPEFACE AND
FONT SIZE TO ASSIST THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.