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                                     May 22, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- 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
         requiring  public  administrators  to  provide  notice  prior  to  the
         disposal of certain properties
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The surrogate's court procedure act is amended by adding a
    2  new section 1220 to read as follows:
    3  S 1220. NOTICE PRIOR TO DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY
    4    THE  PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR SHALL NOTIFY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING
    5  MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL BOARDS  OF  TRUSTEES,
    6  AND,  WHERE  APPLICABLE, THE MUNICIPAL LANDMARK BOARD PRIOR TO DISPOSING
    7  OF ANY INTESTATE PROPERTY WHICH IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF  HISTORIC
    8  PLACES,  THE  STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OR WHICH IS SEVENTY-FIVE
    9  YEARS OR OLDER.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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