| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to judiciary |
| Jun 21, 2013 |
recommitted to rules |
| Jun 10, 2013 |
ordered to third reading cal.1183 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| Jan 31, 2013 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S3313
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
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2013-S3313 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S3313 (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-S3313 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3313
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 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 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 he 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 relationship, the funds remain as
abandoned property.
This legislation would authorize the New York State Comptroller to pay
2013-S3313 (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
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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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