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Assembly Bill A4120

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to certain persons

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2013-A4120 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3313
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Comptroller
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7288
2011-2012: A3733, S2640
2015-2016: A5647, S4154

2013-A4120 (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.

2013-A4120 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3313                                                  A. 4120

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

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  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-
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 on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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