(a) All such wages have remained unpaid to such person, and (b) No written communication has been received from such person by the holder, and (c) Notice regarding such wages, if sent by the broker or dealer, via first class mail, to such person at his last known address has been returned to the broker or dealer by the postal authorities for inability to locate such person. § 7. Sections one, two, three, four and five of this act shall take effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred seventy-three. Section six of this act shall take effect on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred seventy-five. CHAPTER 618 AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to the signing of a testator's name by another to a will Became a law June 11, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section 3-2.1 of the estates, powers and trusts law is hereby amended to read as follows: (C) Any person who signs the testator's name to the will, as provided in subparagraph (1), shall sign his own name and affix his residence address to the will but shall not be counted as one of the necessary attesting witnesses to the will, provided that a failure to comply with this subparagraph shall not affect the validity of the will]. A will lacking the signature of the person signing the testator's name shall not be given effect; provided, however, the failure of the person signing the testator's name to affix his address shall not affect the validity of the will. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all wills executed on or after such date. CHAPTER 619 AN ACT to authorize the department of environmental conservation to accept title to the Stewart's Landing Dam and certain contiguous property in the town of Stratford, county of Fulton Became a law June 11, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed on Home Rule request pursuant to Article IX, section 2(b)(2) of the Constitution by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the department of environmental conservation may receive and accept title in the name of the people of the state of New York, to the Stewart's Landing Dam and certain contiguous property within the town of Stratford, county of Fulton, described herein, pursuant to authorization by the board of supervisors of the county of Fulton, without a public hearing or referendum, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, and shall maintain and operate such dam in accordance with appropriate provisions of law: All that tract or parcel of land with the structure thereon, located in the town of Stratford, County of Fulton and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: Being all that property known as Stewart's Landing Dam and beginning at a point located at the northeast foundation of said dam and running thence southeasterly along the base or foundation of said dam approximately 350 feet to the southeast corner thereof; running thence southwesterly along the easterly or southeasterly base or foundation of said dam to the southwesterly corner thereof; running thence northwesterly along the southerly or southwesterly base or foundation of said dam approximately 350 feet to the northwesterly corner thereof; running thence northeasterly along the northerly or northwesterly edge of the base or foundation of said dam to the point and place of beginning. Together with all the land beneath said dam and upon which the base or foundation rests. Also together with the entire structure resting upon said base or foundation together with all appurtenances thereunto attached. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 620 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring prior approval of automobile insurance rates in connection with the comprehensive automobile insurance reparations system and to amend section five of chapter one hundred eighty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to making automobile insurance more readily available, protecting policyholders against cancellation of personal insurance policies, securing policyholders and claimants against loss due to insurance company insolvency, prohibiting price-fixing agreements among insurers and providing for greater competition in insur ance rates", in relation to extending the effectiveness of the provisions of such chapter Became a law June 11, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Subdivisions one and three of section six hundred seventy-seven of the insurance law, as added by chapter thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-three, are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows: 1. On or before November first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, each insurer shall file with the superintendent the schedule of rates, rating plans, rating rules and rate manuals, together with the supporting information required by section one hundred seventy-eight of this chapter, which it proposes to use in connection with the insurance required by section six hundred seventytwo of this chapter and by articles six and eight of the vehicle and traffic law. Such rates, rating plans, rating rules and rate manuals shall be subject to disapproval pursuant to section one hundred seventy-nine of this chapter] not be made effective until they have been approved by the superintendent, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of article seven-A of this chapter. 3. On or before January fifteenth, nineteen hundred seventyfour, nineteen hundred seventy-five and nineteen hundred seventysix, the superintendent shall file with the governor and the legislature a report showing the rates for the coverages provided for in section six hundred seventy-two, bodily injury liability insurance and medical payments insurance. Between February first, nineteen hundred seventy-four and February first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, no changes in such rates, rating plans, rating rules and rate manuals, or in the rates, rating plans, rating rules and rate manuals applicable to motor vehicle property damage liability insurance or insurance for loss or damage to a motor vehicle, shall be made effective until they have been approved by the superintendent, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of article seven-A of this chapter. § 2. Subdivision one of section one hundred seventy-nine-a of such law, as added by chapter one hundred eighty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, such section having been renumbered by chapter four hundred ninety-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: 1. The superintendent shall, from time to time, report to the governor and the legislature evaluating the operation of this article, and shall submit a final such report no later than March first, nineteen hundred [seventy-three] seventy-five. § 3. Section five of chapter one hundred eighty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, entitled "An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to making automobile insurance more readily available, protecting policyholders against cancellation of personal insurance policies, securing policyholders and claimants against loss due to insurance company insolvency, prohibiting price-fixing agreements among insurers and providing for greater competition in insurance rates", is hereby amended to read as follows: § 5. Sections one, two and three of this act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine. Section four of this act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred seventy; and shall cease to be of any force or effect December thirty-first, nineteen hundred [seventy-three] seventy-five. § 4. This act shall take effect October first, nineteen hundred seventy-three. CHAPTER 621 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to license issuing officers Became a law June 11, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision one of section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subparagraph, to be subparagraph four, to read as follows: (4) Proprietors of retail hunting and fishing equipment shops as may be appointed by the commissioner. Applicants for designation as license issuing officers shall be citizens over the age of twenty-one years who have been residents of the state for more than six months immediately preceding the date of application, and shall meet such other requirements of eligibility, including posting bond, as the department may by order specify. Such issuing officers shall be entitled to receive and keep the same fees for issuing licenses and stamps that are specified in section 11-0715 for issuing clerks, and shall file reports and remit license fees to his regional conservation officer or division of finance as required by subdivision one of section 11-0717 of this chapter for conservation officers and special game protectors. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 622 AN ACT to amend the county law, the correction law and the penal law, in relation to authorizing prisoner furloughs in certain cases and providing that absconding from any such furlough shall constitute a crime Became a law June 11, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The county law is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section, to be section two hundred eighteen-b, to read as follows: 8218-b. Prisoner furlough program in county jails and penitentiaries. The county legislative body shall have power to elect to have the provisions of article twenty-two-A of the correction law concerning prisoner furloughs apply to jails and penitentiaries under its jurisdiction and to appropriate and expend such sums as it may deem proper to provide for a prisoner furlough program in accordance therewith. § 2. Section six hundred thirty of the correction law, as added by chapter eight hundred eighty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 630. Applicability. This article shall be applicable only to prisoners sentenced to institutions operated by a department of correction in cities having a population of one million or more or by a county which elects to have this article apply thereto. § 3. Section six hundred thirty-one of such law, as added by chapter eight hundred eighty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 631. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Institution" means any institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of correction in any city having a population of one million or more or of a county which elects to have this article apply thereto. 2. "Eligible inmate" means a person confined in a city prison or reformatory in a city having a population of one million or more or in a county jail and penitentiaries of a county which elects to have this article apply thereto where a furlough program has been established who is sentenced to a definite period of six months or more or to a reformatory sentence of imprisonment. 3. "Furlough program" means a program under which eligible inmates may be granted the privilege of leaving the premises of a [city] prison for a period not exceeding seventy-two hours for the purpose of seeking employment, maintaining family ties, solving family problems, to undergo surgery or to receive medical treatment or dental treatment not available in the correctional institution, or for any matter necessary to the furtherance of any such purposes. 4. "Extended bounds of confinement" means the area in which an inmate participating in a furlough program may travel, the routes he is permitted to use, the places he is authorized to visit, and the hours, days, or specially defined period during which he is permitted to be absent from the premises of the institution. An extension of limits shall be under such prescribed conditions as the |