Bill Text: NY A09317 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web site accounts of the decedent.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-16 - referred to judiciary [A09317 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09317-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 16, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, REILICH, P. RIVERA, M. MILLER, ROBINSON,
LUPARDO, COLTON, GALEF, REILLY, CASTRO, BOYLAND, CRESPO, ZEBROWSKI,
STEVENSON, ROBERTS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO, GIBSON,
HIKIND, LINARES, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, J. MILLER, WEISENBERG -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to
authorizing the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web
site accounts of the decedent
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of section 11-1.1 of the estates, powers and
2 trusts law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 23 to read as
3 follows:
4 (23) UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE WILL OR COURT ORDER, TO TAKE
5 CONTROL OF, CONDUCT, CONTINUE OR TERMINATE ANY ACCOUNT OF THE DECEDENT
6 ON ANY SOCIAL NETWORKING WEB SITE, MICROBLOGGING OR SHORT MESSAGE
7 SERVICE WEB SITE OR EMAIL SERVICE WEB SITE.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14394-01-2
