S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1726
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, ABINANTI, DICKENS,
MOSLEY, D'URSO, BRABENEC, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH, SCHIMMINGER, SANTABAR-
BARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act and the estates,
powers and trusts law, in relation to the filing of wills for safe-
keeping
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (v) of subdivision 9 of section 2402 of the
surrogate's court procedure act, as amended by section 30 of part J of
chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(v) a will for safekeeping pursuant to section 2507 of
this act except that the court in any county may
reduce or dispense with such fee ..................[45.00] 20.00
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of section 3-2.1 of the estates, powers and trusts
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 5 to read as follows:
(5) ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBPARA-
GRAPH, SUCH WILL SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COURT OF ANY COUNTY IN WHICH
THE TESTATOR IS A DOMICILIARY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED
SEVEN OF THE SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE ACT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A
WILL WHICH SATISFIES ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
DEEMED UNENFORCEABLE SOLELY FOR THE FAILURE TO FILE SUCH WILL PURSUANT
TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01787-01-9