Senate Bill S2791

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment of a forty-five dollar fee for all motions made in pending proceedings and for ex parte applications in the surrogate's court

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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-S2791 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §2401, SCPA
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4950
2023-2024: S3242

2021-S2791 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a forty-five dollar fee for all motions made in pending proceedings and for ex parte applications in the surrogate's court.

2021-S2791 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2791 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2791
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to
   charging a fee for any motions made in the surrogate's court
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 2401 of the surrogate's court
 procedure act is amended to read as follows:
   4. Unless specifically indicated [no] A fee  IN  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO
 FORTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  is  chargeable  for  ALL  motions made in a pending
 proceeding [or] AND for ex parte applications.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04495-01-1



              

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