The Temporary State Commission on the Modernization, Revision, and Simplication of the Law of Estates was directed in 1961 (Chapter 731) to make a comprehensive study of the personal property law, the decedent estate law, the surrogate's court act, and other statutes, for the purpose of correcting defects, or for modernizing, simplifying and improving the laws. These laws relate to estates and their administration, the descent and distribution of property, and associated practices and procedures. In its final report to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, in 1967, the commission recommended improvements in the laws aimed at modernizing and simplifying comprehension of the laws relating to estates. The commission consisted of fourteen citizens of New York State appointed by the Temporary President of the Senate, Speaker of Assembly, and the Governor. Each appointed member was required to have practiced law in New York State for ten years.
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