S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7602--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 13, 2019
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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111-h of the social services law are REPEALED, subdivisions 18, 19 and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.
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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.