Bill Text: NY A05450 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5450 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to distribution of a decedent's estate.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in judiciary [A05450 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05450-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5450
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 12, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, FINCH, HAWLEY, STEC, TAGUE,
          MANKTELOW,  BYRNES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, DiPIETRO,
          PALMESANO, SALKA, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation  to  the
          distribution of a decedent's estate
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The estates, powers and trusts law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 4-1.7 to read as follows:
     3  §  4-1.7  Disqualification of certain persons from taking a distributive
     4            share
     5    (a) No distributive share in the estate of a decedent shall be allowed
     6  to a person convicted of  committing  or  attempting  to  commit  a  sex
     7  offense defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law where the
     8  victim was the decedent.
     9    (b) In the event that a person is disqualified from taking a distribu-
    10  tive  share  in the estate of a decedent, under this section, the estate
    11  of such decedent shall be distributed in accordance with 4-1.1 as though
    12  such person had predeceased the decedent.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02393-01-9