Allows a duly appointed personal representative of the estate of a victim of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks to file a claim with the September eleventh victim compensation fund without being in violation of any restriction on the powers granted to the personal representative relating to the filing of a claim.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7426
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 7, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to
allowing a duly appointed personal representative of the estate of a
victim of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks
to file a claim with the September eleventh victim compensation fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph e of section 11-4.7 of the
2 estates, powers and trusts law, as added by chapter 73 of the laws of
3 2002, is amended to read as follows:
4 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, or any
5 restrictions set forth in letters relating to any decedent who [dies as
6 a result of wounds or injury incurred as a result] is a victim of the
7 terrorist attacks on September eleventh, two thousand one, a duly
8 appointed personal representative is authorized to file and prosecute a
9 claim with the fund, and the filing of such a claim for an award from
10 the fund, and the resulting compromise of any cause of action pursuant
11 to the act, shall not violate any restriction on the powers granted to
12 the personal representative relating to the prosecution or compromise of
13 any action, the collection of any settlement, or the enforcement of any
14 judgment.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11206-01-1
