Bill Text: NY A06072 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to recognizing the legal rights of children conceived after death to inherit

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-03 - held for consideration in judiciary [A06072 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06072-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6072
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 24, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. COOK, CHRISTENSEN, CLARK, SCARBOROUGH, V. LOPEZ,
         McENENY, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENJAMIN,  BOYLAND,
         CYMBROWITZ,  GALEF,  TOWNS,  WRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the estates, powers  and  trusts  law,  in  relation  to
         recognizing  the  legal  rights  of  children conceived after death to
         inherit
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraph (a) of section 1-2.10 of the estates, powers and
    2  trusts law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3 to read as follows:
    3    (3) THE TERM "ISSUE" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE CHILDREN  CONCEIVED  AND  BORN
    4  AFTER  THE  DEATH  OF A PARENT THROUGH ARTIFICIAL METHODS INCLUDING, BUT
    5  NOT LIMITED TO, IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION.
    6    S 2. Paragraph (a) of section 2-1.3 of the estates, powers and  trusts
    7  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4 to read as follows:
    8    (4)  CHILDREN  CONCEIVED AND BORN ALIVE AFTER SUCH DISPOSITION BECOMES
    9  EFFECTIVE.
   10    S 3. 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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