NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A11017A

Assembly Bill A11017A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the transfer of unclaimed support collections and unidentified payments; repealer

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2018	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.476 rules report cal.476 reported reported referred to rules
Jun 15, 2018	print number 11017a
Jun 15, 2018	amend and recommit to ways and means
May 31, 2018	referred to ways and means

Bill Amendments

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2017-A11017 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8994
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld §111-h subs 5 - 7, 12 - 17, amd §111-h, Soc Serv L; rpld §600 sub 1 ¶(c), §602 sub 3, add §1318, Ab Prop L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A7602
2021-2022: A7942

2017-A11017 - Summary

Provides that any funds paid to a support collection unit which have not been disbursed after two years after diligent efforts to locate the person entitled to such funds, and funds which the remitter of such funds has not provided sufficient identifying information to associate the funds with an existing account shall be paid to the state comptroller.

2017-A11017 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11017
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Weinstein)
   -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and  Disability  Assistance)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law and the abandoned property law,
   in relation to the  transfer  of  unclaimed  support  collections  and
   unidentified  payments;  and repealing certain provisions of such laws
   relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of section
 111-h of the social services law are REPEALED and  subdivisions  18,  19
 and 20 are renumbered subdivisions 12, 13, 14 and three new subdivisions
 5, 6 and 7 are added to read as follows:
   5.  EXCEPT  AS  PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, ANY FUNDS
 PAID TO A SUPPORT COLLECTION  UNIT  ESTABLISHED  BY  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 DISTRICT WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DISBURSED AFTER AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF DILI-
 GENT  EFFORTS  TO LOCATE THE PERSON ENTITLED TO SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE PAID
 TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF  THIS
 SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT DETERMINES
 THAT  THE  PERSON ENTITLED TO THE FUNDS IS DECEASED AND CANNOT LOCATE AN
 ESTATE FOR THE PERSON ENTITLED TO THE FUNDS,  OR  THE  ESTATE  DOES  NOT
 CLAIM  THE  FUNDS,  SUCH  FUNDS  MAY BE PAID TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION WITHOUT TWO  YEARS  OF
 DILIGENT EFFORTS.
   6. ANY FUNDS PAID TO A SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT ESTABLISHED BY A SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT FOR WHICH THE REMITTER OF SUCH FUNDS HAS NOT PROVIDED
 SUFFICIENT IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO ASSOCIATE THE FUNDS WITH AN EXIST-
 ING OR PREVIOUSLY EXISTING CHILD SUPPORT ACCOUNT, AND  SUCH  INFORMATION
 CANNOT  BE  DETERMINED  AFTER  REASONABLE  EFFORTS, SHALL BE PAID TO THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION.
   7. IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, ON OR BEFORE THE  TENTH  DAY  THEREOF,  SUCH
 PAYMENT  SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND SHALL BE ACCOM-
 PANIED BY A WRITTEN REPORT, AFFIRMED AS  TRUE  AND  ACCURATE  UNDER  THE
 PENALTY OF PERJURY, CLASSIFIED AS THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL PRESCRIBE,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14412-01-8

 A. 11017                            2

 SETTING  FORTH:  (A)  THE NAMES AND LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES, IF ANY, OF THE
 PERSONS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY; (B)  THE  TITLE  OF
 ANY  PROCEEDING  RELATING TO SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY; AND (C) SUCH OTHER
 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AS THE STATE COMPTROLLER MAY REQUIRE.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (c) of subdivision 1 of section 600 of the abandoned
 property law is REPEALED.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 602 of the  abandoned  property  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 any funds which were deposited with the county treasurer or the  commis-
 sioner of finance of the city of New York in accordance with section one
 hundred  eleven-h of the social services law prior to the effective date
 of this act shall be delivered to the state  comptroller  on  the  first
 April  following  the  effective  date  of  this act, in accordance with
 subdivision seven of section one hundred eleven-h of the social services
 law, as set forth in section one of this act.

2017-A11017A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8994
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld §111-h subs 5 - 7, 12 - 17, amd §111-h, Soc Serv L; rpld §600 sub 1 ¶(c), §602 sub 3, add §1318, Ab Prop L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A7602
2021-2022: A7942

2017-A11017A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-A11017A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11017--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Weinstein)
   -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and  Disability  Assistance)
   --  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee on Ways and Means --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law and the abandoned property law,
   in relation to the  transfer  of  unclaimed  support  collections  and
   unidentified  payments;  and repealing certain provisions of such laws
   relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of section
 111-h of the social services law are REPEALED, subdivisions 18,  19  and
 20  are renumbered subdivisions 12, 13 and 14 and three new subdivisions
 5, 6 and 7 are added to read as follows:
   5. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS  SECTION,  ANY  FUNDS
 PAID  TO  A  SUPPORT  COLLECTION  UNIT  ESTABLISHED BY A SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN  DISBURSED  AFTER  TWO  YEARS  OF  DILIGENT
 EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE PERSON ENTITLED TO SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO THE
 STATE  COMPTROLLER  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION
 UNLESS INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED THAT  IS  LIKELY  TO  LEAD  TO  THE
 LOCATION OF THE PERSON WHO IS ENTITLED TO SUCH FUNDS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 WHERE THE SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT DETERMINES THAT THE PERSON ENTITLED TO
 THE  FUNDS  IS DECEASED AND CANNOT LOCATE AN ESTATE FOR THE PERSON ENTI-
 TLED TO THE FUNDS, OR THE ESTATE DOES NOT CLAIM THE  FUNDS,  SUCH  FUNDS
 MAY  BE  PAID  TO  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN OF THIS SECTION WITHOUT TWO YEARS OF DILIGENT EFFORTS.
   6. ANY FUNDS PAID TO A SUPPORT COLLECTION UNIT ESTABLISHED BY A SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT FOR WHICH THE REMITTER OF SUCH FUNDS HAS NOT  PROVIDED
 SUFFICIENT IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO ASSOCIATE THE FUNDS WITH AN EXIST-
 ING  OR  PREVIOUSLY EXISTING CHILD SUPPORT ACCOUNT, AND SUCH INFORMATION
 CANNOT BE DETERMINED AFTER DILIGENT EFFORTS, SHALL BE PAID TO THE  STATE
 COMPTROLLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14412-02-8

 A. 11017--A                         2
 
   7.  IN  THE  MONTH  OF APRIL, ON OR BEFORE THE TENTH DAY THEREOF, SUCH
 PAYMENT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND SHALL BE  ACCOM-
 PANIED  BY  A  WRITTEN  REPORT,  AFFIRMED AS TRUE AND ACCURATE UNDER THE
 PENALTY OF PERJURY, CLASSIFIED AS THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL PRESCRIBE,
 SETTING  FORTH:  (A)  THE NAMES AND LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES, IF ANY, OF THE
 PERSONS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY; (B)  THE  TITLE  OF
 ANY  PROCEEDING  RELATING TO SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY; AND (C) SUCH OTHER
 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AS THE STATE COMPTROLLER MAY REQUIRE.
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 600  of  the  abandoned
 property law is REPEALED.
   §  3.  Subdivision  3  of section 602 of the abandoned property law is
 REPEALED.
   § 4.  The abandoned property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1318 to read as follows:
   §  1318.  UNCLAIMED SPOUSAL AND CHILD SUPPORT. ANY AMOUNT REPRESENTING
 CHILD SUPPORT OR CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT PAID TO A SUPPORT  COLLECTION
 UNIT  ESTABLISHED BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN DELIVERED
 TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN  OF  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED  ELEVEN-H  OF  THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED
 PROPERTY. ON OR BEFORE THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL IN EACH YEAR,  SUCH  ABAN-
 DONED  PROPERTY  SHALL  BE  PAID  TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER. SUCH PAYMENT
 SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A VERIFIED WRITTEN REPORT IN SUCH  FORM  AS  THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER MAY PRESCRIBE.
   §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 any funds which were deposited with the county treasurer or the  commis-
 sioner  of  finance  of  the city of New York in accordance with section
 111-h of the social services law prior to the effective date of this act
 shall be delivered to the state comptroller in the first April following
 the effective date of this act, in  accordance  with  subdivision  7  of
 section 111-h of the social services law, as set forth in section one of
 this act.

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