Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 03, 2019 |
signed chap.319 |
Oct 01, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
May 06, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.432 substituted for s4155 |
May 06, 2019 |
substituted by a795 |
Apr 29, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 10, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 09, 2019 |
1st report cal.432 |
Mar 01, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S4155
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A795 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S4155 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S4155 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4155 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to the granting of letters of administration and letters of administration with will annexed PURPOSE: The proposed legislation will remedy an apparent inconsistency in the law for issuance of letters of administration and letters of adminis- tration with the will annexed (cum testamento annexo, or c.t.a.) and bring the law into accord with judicial interpretations. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 1001 of the Surro- gate's Court Procedure Act regarding the order of priority for granting letters of administration. Section 2: Amends Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 1418 of the Surro-
2019-S4155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4155 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to the granting of letters of administration and letters of administration with will annexed THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 1001 of the surrogate's court procedure act, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1993 and subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 115 of the laws of 1981, are amended to read as follows: 6. Letters of administration may be granted to an eligible distributee or to an eligible person who is not a distributee upon the acknowledged and filed consents of all eligible distributees, or if there are no eligible distributees, then on the consents of all distributees, except that the guardian of the property of an infant distributee, the commit- tee of the property of an incompetent distributee or the conservator of property of a conservatee appointed within the State of New York may so consent on behalf of his ward. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A DISTRIBUTEE IS ELIGIBLE IF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION COULD BE ISSUED TO HIM OR HER ALONE OR ACTING TOGETHER WITH THE PERSON OR PERSONS SO NOMI- NATED. 7. Letters of administration may be granted to a trust company or other corporation authorized to act as fiduciary upon the acknowledged and filed consents of all ELIGIBLE distributees [inclusive of those who may be non-domiciliary aliens, provided that all such persons are other- wise eligible], OR IF THERE ARE NO ELIGIBLE DISTRIBUTEES, THEN ON CONSENTS OF ALL DISTRIBUTEES, except that the guardian of the property of an infant distributee, the committee of the property of an incompe- tent distributee or the conservator of property of a conservatee appointed within the state of New York may so consent on behalf of his EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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