STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 8, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to
          service of a citation
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  306  of  the  surrogate's court procedure act is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. A copy of the petition, affidavits, affirmations and exhibits ther-
     4  eto upon which process was issued, shall be served with the citation  or
     5  other process to obtain jurisdiction of a party, except where service is
     6  by publication, and except in a proceeding for a voluntary accounting.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09517-01-7