Assembly Bill A59

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the publication by the state of the receipt of unclaimed funds

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A59 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5592
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Abandoned Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1402, Ab Prop L; amd §103, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10185
2013-2014: A2258
2015-2016: A2054
2017-2018: A3609
2019-2020: A6630, S5364
2023-2024: S2508

2021-A59 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the publication by the state of the receipt of unclaimed funds.

2021-A59 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    59
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the abandoned property law and the state technology law,
   in relation to unclaimed funds
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1402 of the aban-
 doned  property  law is relettered paragraph (c) and a new paragraph (b)
 is added to read as follows:
   (B) IN ADDITION TO THE LIST REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, EACH SEPTEMBER AND MARCH, THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL PUBLISH IN A
 NEWSPAPER, AS PROVIDED BY SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TEN OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  A  STATEMENT  OF  ABANDONED  PROPERTY  PAID TO AND HELD BY THE
 STATE, FOR THE RESPECTIVE ANNUAL PERIODS JUNE  FIRST,  THROUGH  NOVEMBER
 THIRTIETH  AND DECEMBER FIRST, THROUGH MAY THIRTY-FIRST.  EACH AND EVERY
 TIME THE COMPTROLLER PUBLISHES SUCH A STATEMENT, HE OR SHE SHALL INCLUDE
 A NOTICE THAT READERS MAY OBTAIN A LARGE PRINT  COPY  OF  THE  UNCLAIMED
 FUNDS  LIST  BY  WRITING  THE  COMPTROLLER'S  OFFICE  OR  HAVE  A SEARCH
 CONDUCTED FOR THEM BY CALLING A  DESIGNATED  NUMBER.  THIS  NOTICE  MUST
 APPEAR  IN  TYPEFACE  AND  FONT-SIZE  ESTABLISHED  BY THE NEW YORK STATE
 OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED  AND  INCLUDE  THE
 PHONE  NUMBER  AND  MAILING  ADDRESS TO THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER, OFFICE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS.
   § 2. Section 103 of the state technology law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  TO  CONSULT  WITH  THE COMMISSION ON THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HAND-
 ICAPPED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR TYPEFACE AND
 FONT SIZE TO ASSIST THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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