| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Oct 22, 2021 | signed chap.486 |
| Oct 13, 2021 | delivered to governor |
| Jun 10, 2021 | returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.522 substituted for s294a |
| Jun 01, 2021 | referred to judiciary delivered to senate passed assembly |
| May 24, 2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.84 rules report cal.84 reported |
| May 19, 2021 | reported referred to rules |
| May 07, 2021 | print number 2573a |
| May 07, 2021 | amend and recommit to judiciary |
| Jan 19, 2021 | referred to judiciary |
assembly Bill A2573A
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
FALL
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Inez E. Dickens
Jaime R. Williams
Nader sayegh
Richard Gottfried
Multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
A2573 - Details
A2573 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2573
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. FALL, DICKENS, WILLIAMS, SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED,
O'DONNELL, EPSTEIN, BARRON, PICHARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to
removing the prohibition on individuals convicted of a felony that
prevents them from being appointed fiduciary of an estate
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2
of section 707 of the surrogate's court procedure act, paragraph (e) of
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1993, are amended
and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
(d) [a felon
(e)] one who does not possess the qualifications required of a fiduci-
ary by reason of substance abuse, dishonesty, improvidence, want of
understanding, or who is otherwise unfit for the execution of the
office.
2. Persons ineligible in court's discretion. The court may declare
ineligible to act as fiduciary:
(A) a person unable to read and write the English language; OR
(B) AN INDIVIDUAL CONVICTED OF A FELONY WHOSE CRIME MAY BE ADVERSE TO
THE WELFARE OF THE ESTATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CRIMES SUCH AS
EMBEZZLEMENT OR ANY CRIME WHERE THERE WAS A MISAPPROPRIATION OF MONEY OR
A BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY.
3. INTERPRETER. UPON REQUEST OF A PERSON SUBJECT TO THE COURT'S
DISCRETION UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE COURT SHALL
PROVIDE AN INTERPRETER TO INTERPRET THE TESTIMONY OF ANY PERSON WHO DOES
NOT SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WELL ENOUGH TO BE READILY UNDERSTOOD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Co-Sponsors
Inez E. Dickens
Jaime R. Williams
Nader sayegh
Richard Gottfried
Multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
A2573A (ACTIVE) - Details
A2573A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2573--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. FALL, DICKENS, WILLIAMS, SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED,
O'DONNELL, EPSTEIN, BARRON, PICHARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to
removing the prohibition on individuals convicted of a felony that
prevents them from being appointed fiduciary of an estate
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2
of section 707 of the surrogate's court procedure act, paragraph (e) of
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1993, are amended
to read as follows:
(d) [a felon
(e)] one who does not possess the qualifications required of a fiduci-
ary by reason of substance abuse, dishonesty, improvidence, want of
understanding, or who is otherwise unfit for the execution of the
office.
2. Persons ineligible in court's discretion. The court may declare
ineligible to act as fiduciary:
(A) a person unable to read and write the English language; OR
(B) AN INDIVIDUAL CONVICTED OF A FELONY WHOSE CRIME MAY BE ADVERSE TO
THE WELFARE OF THE ESTATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CRIMES SUCH AS
EMBEZZLEMENT OR ANY CRIME WHERE THERE WAS A MISAPPROPRIATION OF MONEY OR
A BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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