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Jun 21, 2012 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1437 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 19, 2012 |
print number 2640a |
Mar 19, 2012 |
amend (t) and recommit to judiciary |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to judiciary returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 21, 2011 |
referred to insurance delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1452 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 27, 2011 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S2640
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2011-S2640 - Details
2011-S2640 - Summary
Authorizes the comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common great-grandparents with the decedent; provides a kinship hearing in the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk to determine persons entitled to such proceeds.
2011-S2640 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2640 TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to authorizing the state comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common grandparents with the decedent, and providing for a kinship hearing in the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk to determine persons entitled to such proceeds PURPOSE: This legislation would allow the estate of Howard Geyer to be distributed among his distant relatives, rather than be held by the comptroller's Office of Unclaimed Funds. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This is a special act to authorize the New York State Comptrollers to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard G. Geyer to certain family members. JUSTIFICATION: Howard J. Geyer died without leaving a will; as such his estate was to be distributed according to New York State law. Current law limits the definition of a designee as someone who shares a common grandparent with the deceased. If there is no one to claim the inheritance with this familial relationship, the funds remain as
2011-S2640 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 2640 A. 3733 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT in relation to authorizing the state comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common grandparents with the decedent, and providing for a kinship hearing in the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk to determine persons entitled to such proceeds THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-1.1 of the estates, powers, and trusts law, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the state comptroller shall be authorized to pay the net proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer, county of Suffolk (file No. 392A2003), plus any interest accrued, from the abandoned property fund of the state of New York, to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common great-grandparents with the decedent. Persons entitled to the proceeds of such estate, pursuant to this act, shall first be determined through a kinship hearing to be conducted by the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk. As a condition precedent to distribution of the funds by the state comptroller, all persons enti- tled to the proceeds of such estate, as determined by the kinship hear- ing, shall present to the state comptroller a binding legal agreement, providing for the apportionment of the proceeds of such estate plus any interest accrued, executed by all persons entitled to the proceeds. The state comptroller shall not make any payment until such agreement shall have been filed with both the surrogate's court of Suffolk County and the state comptroller. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07768-01-1
2011-S2640A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S2640A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common great-grandparents with the decedent; provides a kinship hearing in the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk to determine persons entitled to such proceeds.
2011-S2640A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2640A TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to authorizing the state comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common great-grandparents with the dece- dent, and providing for a kinship hearing in the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk to determine persons entitled to such proceeds PURPOSE: This legislation would allow the estate of Howard Geyer to be distrib- uted among his distant relatives, rather than be held by the comp- troller's Office of Unclaimed Funds. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This is a special act to authorize the New York State Comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard G. Geyer to certain family members. JUSTIFICATION: Howard J. Geyer died without leaving a will; as such his estate was to be distributed according to New York State law. Under current New York State Estates, Powers, and Trusts Law, the definition of a distributee is limited as someone who shares a common grandparent with the deceased. If there is no one to claim the inheritance with this familial relation- ship, the funds remain as abandoned property.
2011-S2640A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 2640--A A. 3733--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judi- ciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to authorizing the state comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common great-grandparents with the decedent, and providing for a kinship hearing in the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk to determine persons entitled to such proceeds THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-1.1 of the estates, powers, and trusts law, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the state comptroller shall be authorized to pay the net proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer, county of Suffolk (file No. 392A2003), plus any interest accrued, from the abandoned property fund of the state of New York, to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common great-grandparents with the decedent. Persons entitled to the proceeds of such estate, pursuant to this act, shall first be determined through a kinship hearing to be conducted by the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk. As a condition precedent to distribution of the funds by the state comptroller, all persons enti- tled to the proceeds of such estate, as determined by the kinship hear- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07768-02-2
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