Bill Text: PA HB709 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In grant of letters, further providing for persons entitled.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-04 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB709 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB709-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 788
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 709 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY J. TAYLOR, GEIST, CIVERA, BELFANTI, BEYER, BROWN, CARROLL, COHEN, CREIGHTON, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, HESS, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, MANDERINO, MANN, MICOZZIE, MILLER, M. O'BRIEN, PRESTON, READSHAW, SABATINA, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WHEATLEY AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 4, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 4, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in grant of letters,
further providing for persons entitled.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3155(c) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and subsection (b) is amended
by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 3155. Persons entitled.
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(b) Letters of administration.--Letters of administration
shall be granted by the register, in such form as the case shall
require, to one or more of those hereinafter mentioned and,
except for good cause, in the following order:
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(9) A not-for-profit corporation organized for community
development purposes.
(c) Time limitation.--Except with the consent of those
enumerated in [paragraphs (1)] subsection (b)(1), (2) and (3),
no letters shall be issued to those enumerated in [paragraph
(4)] subsection (b)(4), (5) [or], (8) [of subsection (b)] or (9)
until 30 days after the decedent's death.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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