PRINTER'S NO.  3959

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2580

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, BRADFORD, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, HORNAMAN, JAMES, KORTZ, McGEEHAN, MULLERY AND WHITE, AUGUST 23, 2012

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 23, 2012  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in administration and

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personal representatives, providing for power over decedent

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account on social networking website, microblogging or short

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message service website or e-mail service website. 

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 3316.2.  Power over decedent account on social networking

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website, microblogging or short message service

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website or e-mail service website.

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A personal representative shall have the power, unless the

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personal representatives' authority has been restricted by will

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or by court order, to take control of, conduct, continue or

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terminate an account of the decedent with a social networking

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website, microblogging or short message service website or

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e-mail service website.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 90 days.