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History
- Substituted by A7288
- Ordered to third reading cal.803
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to judiciary
Companion bill
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Authorizes the comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to certain persons
Vetoed · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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Title of bill
An act in relation to authorizing the state comptroller to pay the proceeds of the estate of Howard J. Geyer to any person who can trace a familial relationship through common great-grandparents with the decedent, and providing for a kinship hearing in the surrogate's court of the county of Suffolk to determine persons entitled to such proceeds
Purpose
This legislation would allow the estate of Howard Geyer to be distributed among his distant relatives, rather than be held by the comptroller's Office of Unclaimed Funds.
Summary of provisions
This is a special act.
Justification
Howard J. Geyer died without leaving a will; as such his estate was to be distributed according to New York State law. current law limits the definition of a designee as someone who shares a common grandparent with the deceased. If there is no one to claim the inheritance with this familial relationship, the funds remain as abandoned property.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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