WHEREAS, chapter 389 of the Laws of 1997 permits individual Surrogate's Courts, at their discretion and by local rule, to require the filing of an estate tax return with the Surrogate's Court; and

WHEREAS, the filing requirements of section 9.1 of the Rules of the Chief Judge require the filing of a local rule with the Chief Administrator of the Courts.

Effective immediately, and applicable to the estates of persons dying on or after February 1, 2000, it is the rule of the Surrogate's Court of Chenango County that a person filing a petition for probate or administration in the Surrogate's Court of Chenango County and obligated to file an estate tax return with the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, also file a copy of the estate tax return, without fee, with the Surrogate's Court of Chenango County.