PRINTER'S NO. 131
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
154
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TALLMAN, COHEN, LONGIETTI, SCHLOSSBERG, V. BROWN,
DRISCOLL, CALTAGIRONE, MURT, KORTZ, PICKETT AND READSHAW,
JANUARY 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 21, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dispositions
independent of letters, further providing for payments to
family and funeral directors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3101(e) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 3101. Payments to family and funeral directors.
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(e) Unclaimed property.--
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(1.1) Notwithstanding the conditions set out in
paragraph (1)(i) and (ii), if the amount of the funds or the
value of the property is $5,000 or less, a lineal descendant,
other than a child, of the decedent may present a claim under
this section upon a showing that there is no other surviving
relative in the order of preference set out in paragraph (1)
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(ii).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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