STATE OF NEW YORK
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3136
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, M. G. MILLER, LUPARDO, COLTON, GALEF,
CRESPO, ZEBROWSKI, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDO-
NOUGH -- 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 § 2. 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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