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                                   7942
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 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 111-h  of  the social services law are REPEALED, subdivisions 18, 19 and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.
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   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,  2022,
 in accordance with subdivision 7 of section 111-h of the social services
 law, as set forth in section one of this act.