STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 4531 A. 7019
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
April 11, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the abandoned property law, in relation to residuals
payment plans established by labor unions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 103 of the abandoned property law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
3 (h) "Residuals" means payments, pursuant to law or a collective
4 bargaining agreement, of additional compensation for domestic and
5 foreign uses of recorded materials.
6 § 2. Section 501 of the abandoned property law is amended by adding a
7 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
8 6. A residuals payment plan, and the accounts and monies therein,
9 established by a labor union which receives for distribution residuals
10 on behalf of employees working under collective-bargaining agreements,
11 shall not be deemed abandoned property if the plan allows a participant,
12 entitled to a distribution under the plan, to be reimbursed upon the
13 making of a valid claim to the labor union for payment.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10590-01-1
