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History
- Print number 1303a
- Amend and recommit to finance
- Referred to finance
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–2
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.547
- Referred to finance
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Relates to the publication by the state of the receipt of unclaimed funds
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Dan Quart
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BILL NUMBER:S1303A
Title of bill
An act to amend the abandoned property law and the state technology law, in relation to unclaimed funds
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate barriers for the visually impaired to access and obtain unclaimed funds from the state comptroller's office, and ensure that all New Yorkers are made aware that they can obtain unclaimed funds directly from the state free of charge.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1402 of the abandoned property law is re-lettered paragraph (c) and a new paragraph (p) is added to require the state comptroller twice a year to publish via newspaper a statement of what abandoned property is held by the state. The publication would also include, in type sufficient for a visually impaired person to read, a notice that a large print listing of abandoned property can be obtained by writing the state comptroller's office.
Section 2 amends section 103 of the state technology law by adding a subdivision 22 requiring the Office of Information Technology Services to consult with the state commission on the blind and visually handicapped to develop accessibility standards for typeface and font sire that would assist the visually impaired.
Justification
New Yorkers with visual impairments have difficulty determining whether they have unclaimed funds held by the state comptroller. Notification provisions have never been friendly to those with visual impairment. As a result, many New Yorkers are unaware that they have unclaimed funds. This legislation would require the comptroller to include a notice that readers may obtain a large print copy of the unclaimed funds list by writing the comptroller's office or having a search conducted for them by calling a designated number. The notice must appear in font-size determined by the New York State Office for Technology; therefore, making the information readily available to the visually impaired.
Legislative history
This legislation was previously introduced.
Fiscal implications
Minimal to the state.
Effective date
This Act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.
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