NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A7602A

Assembly Bill A7602A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to ways and means
Jun 06, 2019	amend and recommit to rules 7602a
Jun 05, 2019	reported referred to rules
Jun 03, 2019	reported referred to ways and means
May 13, 2019	referred to social services

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2019-A7602 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
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:: 2017-2018: A11017
2021-2022: A7942

2019-A7602 - 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.

2019-A7602 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7602
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Office of Tempo-
   rary and Disability Assistance) --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 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.

                                                            LBD09228-01-9

 A. 7602                             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 on or before April 1,  2020,
 in accordance with subdivision 7 of section 111-h of the social services
 law, as set forth in section one of this act.

2019-A7602A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
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:: 2017-2018: A11017
2021-2022: A7942

2019-A7602A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A7602A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7602--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Office of Tempo-
   rary and Disability Assistance) --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Social Services -- reported and referred to the Committee
   on  Ways  and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules
   -- Rules Committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
 
 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09228-02-9

 A. 7602--A                          2
 
 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.
   7.  IN  THE  MONTH  OF APRIL, ON OR BEFORE THE TENTH DAY THEREOF, SUCH
 PAYMENT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 THIRTEEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTEEN  OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW, AND SHALL BE
 ACCOMPANIED 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 on or before April 1, 2020,
 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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