senate Bill S4071

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extending certain provisions relating to pre-need funeral services

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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Jan 03, 2018 referred to consumer protection
Feb 02, 2017 referred to consumer protection

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S4071 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5022
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business
Laws Affected:
Amd §6, Chap 557 of 2001

S4071 - Summary

Makes permanent certain provisions relating to pre-need funeral services.

S4071 - Sponsor Memo

S4071 - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4071

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  ROBACH,  AMEDORE, GOLDEN, RANZENHOFER, SANDERS --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
  the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter 557 of the laws of 2001 amending the general
  business law, the public health law and the insurance law relating  to
  clarifying  provisions  pertaining  to  pre-need  funeral services, in
  relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

  Section  1.  Section 6 of chapter 557 of the laws of 2001 amending the
general business law, the public health law and the insurance law relat-
ing to clarifying provisions pertaining to pre-need funeral services, as
amended by chapter 88 of the  laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  §  6.  This act shall take effect 30 days after it shall have become a
law [provided, however sections 3 and 4 of this  act  shall  expire,  be
deemed  repealed and shall cease to be of any force or effect after June
1, 2017, and provided that the department of  financial  services  shall
conduct  a  study  of  funding  pre-arranged funeral services and goods,
examining practices in a minimum of ten other states,  by  use  of  life
insurance,  trust  depositing  or  any other funding mechanism in use or
that would be appropriate. The results of such study shall be  delivered
to the governor and legislature on or before April 15, 2015].
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07924-01-7

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