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                <div align="center"><strong>UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                  COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549<br><br><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">FORM
                  144<br><br>NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES<br>PURSUANT TO RULE 144
                  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></strong></div><br><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ATTENTION:&#160;<i>Transmit
                for filing 3 copies of this form
                concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to
                execute<br>&#160;
                &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;sale
                or executing a sale directly with a market maker.</i></font></td>
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                <div align="center">OMB APPROVAL</div>
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              <td align="left" colspan="2"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">OMB&#160;Number:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;3235-0101<br>Expires:&#160;&#160;&#160;December&#160;31,&#160;2006<br>Estimated&#160;average&#160;burden<br>hours&#160;per&#160;response..........4.47<br></font></td>
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                <div align="center">SEC USE ONLY</div>
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              <td colspan="2" height="34" valign="top" bgcolor="lightgrey"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">DOCUMENT
                SEQUENCE
                NO.<br>&#160;</font></td>
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              <td colspan="2" height="40" valign="top" bgcolor="lightgrey"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">CUSIP
                NUMBER<br>&#160;</font></td>
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                <div><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1&#160;<i>(a)</i>&#160;NAME
                  OF ISSUER&#160;<i>(Please type or
                  print)</i></font></div>
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">State
                  Bancorp, Inc.</font></div>
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                <div><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(b)</i>&#160;I.R.S.&#160;IDENT.&#160;NO.</font></div>
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11-2846511</font></div>
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                <div><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(c)</i>&#160;S.E.C.&#160;FILE&#160;NO.</font></div>
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">001-14783</font></div>
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              <td colspan="2" height="40" valign="top" bgcolor="lightgrey"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">WORK
                LOCATION<br>&#160;</font></td>
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              <td colspan="5" height="31" rowspan="2" valign="top"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1&#160;<i>(d)</i>&#160;ADDRESS&#160;OF&#160;ISSUER&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STREET&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CITY&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STATE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ZIP
                CODE<br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">699
                Hillside
                Avenue<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;New
                Hyde
                Park<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;NY<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;11040</font></font></td>
              <td colspan="2" height="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(e)</i>
                TELEPHONE NO.</font></td>
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                <div><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><sup>AREA&#160;CODE&#160;</sup></font></div>
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>516</sup></font></div>
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                <div align="center"><sup>NUMBER</sup></div>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><sup>437-1000</sup></div>
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              <td height="40" valign="top"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">2&#160;<i>(a)</i>&#160;PERSON&#160;FOR&#160;WHOSE&#160;ACCOUNT&#160;THE&#160;SECURITIES<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ARE&#160;TO&#160;BE&#160;SOLD<br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Daniel
                T. Rowe</font></font></td>
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                <div><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(b)</i>&#160;I.R.S.&#160;IDENT.&#160;NO.</font></div>
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">###-##-####</font></div>
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              <td height="40" valign="top"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(c)</i>&#160;RELATIONSHIP
                TO<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ISSUER<br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Officer/Director</font></font></td>
              <td colspan="4" height="40" valign="top"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(d)</i>&#160;ADDRESS&#160;STREET&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CITY&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STATE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ZIP
                CODE<br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">101
                Chestnut Ave.<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;E.
                Setauket<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;NY<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;11733</font></font></td>
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              <td><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><i>INSTRUCTION:
                The person filing this notice should contact the
                issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File
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              <td align="left" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="90"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">3<i>(a)</i><br></font>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Title&#160;of&#160;the<br>Class&#160;of<br>Securities<br>To&#160;Be&#160;Sold</font></div>
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              <td align="left" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="270"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(b)</i><br></font>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Name
                  and
                  Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered
                  to
                  Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities</font></div>
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              <td width="90"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">SEC
                USE ONLY</font></td>
              <td align="left" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="90"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(c)</i><br></font>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Number&#160;of&#160;shares<br>or&#160;Other&#160;Units<br>To&#160;Be&#160;Sold<br><i>(See
                  instr.3(c))</i></font></div>
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              <td align="left" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="90"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(d)</i><br></font>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Aggregate<br>Market<br>Value<br><i>(See
                  instr.3(d))</i></font></div>
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              <td align="left" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="90"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(e)</i><br></font>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Number&#160;of&#160;Shares<br>or
                  Other Units<br>Outstanding<br><i>(See instr.3(e))</i></font></div>
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              <td align="left" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="90"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(f)</i><br></font>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Approximate<br>Date
                  of Sale<br><i>(See
                  instr.3(f))</i><br>(MO.&#160;&#160;DAY&#160;&#160;YR.)</font></div>
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              <td align="left" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="90"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>(g)</i><br></font>
                <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Name
                  of
                  Each<br>Securities<br>Exchange<br><i>(See
                  instr.3(g))</i></font></div>
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              <td width="90" bgcolor="lightgrey"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Broker-Dealer<br>File
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              <td><br>&#160;Common<br></td>
              <td><br>&#160;Sandler O'Neill &amp; Partners<br></td>
              <td bgcolor="lightgrey"><br>&#160;<br></td>
              <td><br>&#160;50,000<br></td>
              <td><br>&#160;$810,500<br></td>
              <td><br>&#160;11,127,784<br></td>
              <td><br>&#160;5/24/06<br></td>
              <td><br>&#160;NASDAQ<br></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1.&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(a)&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Name
                of
                issuer.</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">3.&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(a)&#160;</font></td>
              <td><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Title
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(b)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Issuer's
                IRS
                Identification Number.</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(b)</font></td>
              <td><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Name
                and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
                to be
                sold.</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(c)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Issuer's
                SEC file
                number, if any.</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(c)</font></td>
              <td><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Number
                of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
                aggregate face amount).</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(d)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Issuer's
                address,
                including zip code.</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="5">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(d)</font></td>
              <td><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Aggregate
                market value of the securities to be sold as of a
                specified date within 10 days prior to the filing</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(e)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Issuer's
                telephone number, including area code.</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(e)</font></td>
              <td><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Number
                of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities
                the face amount thereof&#160;outstanding, as shown by the most recent
                report or statement published by the issuer.</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(a)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Name
                of person
                for whose account the securities are to be sold.</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="5">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(f)</font></td>
              <td><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Approximate
                date on which the securities are to be
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(b)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Such
                person's or
                I.R.S. Identification number, if such a person is an entity.</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(g)</font></td>
              <td valign="top"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Name
                of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities
                are intended to be sold.</font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(c)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Such
                person's
                relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10
                percent&#160;stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the
                foregoing).</font></td>
              <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" valign="top"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br><strong>Potential
                persons who are to respond to the collection
                of information contained &#160; in this form are not required to respond
                unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control
                number.</strong></font></td>
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              <td valign="top" width="5"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(d)</font></td>
              <td valign="top" width="340"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Such
                person's
                address, including zip code.</font></td>
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                  I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD</strong></font><br><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>Furnish
                  the
                  following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities
                  to
                  be sold<br>and with respect to the Payment of all or any part of the
                  purchase price or other consideration
                  therefor:</i></font></div>
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                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Title
                  of<br>the Class</font></div>
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                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Date
                  You Acquired</font></div>
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                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Nature
                  of Acquisition Transaction</font></div>
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                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Name
                  of Person From Whom Acquired<br><i>(If Gift, Also Give Date
                  Donor Acquired)</i></font></div>
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              <td width="81">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Amount
                  of Securities Acquired</font></div>
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              <td width="60">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Date
                  of Payment</font></div>
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                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Nature
                  of Payment</font></div>
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              <td height="40" width="81">Common&#160;</td>
              <td height="40" width="60">&#160;Various</td>
              <td height="40" width="247">Rights offering; dividend reinvestment plan;
                incentive stock options</td>
              <td height="40" width="247">&#160;State Bancorp, Inc.</td>
              <td height="40" width="81">&#160;50,000</td>
              <td height="40" width="60">1980 to 2005</td>
              <td height="40">&#160;Cash</td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="87"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">INSTRUCTIONS:<br></font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="18"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1.<br></font></td>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">If
                  the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not
                  made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in
                  a note
                  thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration
                  consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made
                  in
                  installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or
                  other
                  obligation was discharged in full or the last installment
                  paid.</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="19"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">2.<br></font></td>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>If
                  within two years after the acquisition of the securities the
                  person for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions,
                  put
                  or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph
                  (d)(3)
                  of Rule 144, furnish full information with respect
                  thereto.</i></font></div>
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                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><strong>TABLE
                  II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST THREE
                  MONTHS</strong></font><br><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>Furnish
                  The
                  Following Information as to All Securities of The Issuer Sold During
                  The
                  Past Three Months By The Person For Whose Account The Securities
                  Are To Be
                  Sold.</i></font></div>
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            <tr>
              <td colspan="3">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Name
                  and Address of Seller</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="238">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Title
                  of Securities&#160;To Be Sold.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="74">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Date
                  of Sale</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="77">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Amount
                  of<br>Securities Sold</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="131">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Gross
                  Proceeds</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="3" height="40">&#160;None</td>
              <td height="40" width="238">&#160;</td>
              <td height="40" width="74">&#160;</td>
              <td height="40" width="77">&#160;</td>
              <td height="40" width="131">&#160;</td>
            </tr>
  
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      </div><!-- Remarks / Instructions / Signatures -->
  
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        <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="900">
  
            <tr>
              <td colspan="7"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><strong>REMARKS:</strong></font><br><br></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><strong>INSTRUCTIONS:</strong></font>
                <div align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">See
                  the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.
                  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account
                  the
                  securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included
                  in
                  that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by
                  all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144
                  to be
                  aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this
                  notice.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td width="10">
              </td>
              <td align="left" colspan="3" valign="top" width="460"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><strong>ATTENTION:</strong></font>
                <div align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>The
                  person for whose account the securities to which this notice
                  relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that
                  he
                  does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current
                  and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be
                  sold
                  which has not been publicly disclosed.</i></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td colspan="4" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#ffffff">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br><br><br>May
                  19, 2006
  
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              <td colspan="3" valign="bottom" width="491" bgcolor="#ffffff">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br><br>/s/
                  Daniel T. Rowe
  
                  <hr noshade size="3" width="300">
                </div>
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            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="4" valign="top">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">DATE
                  OF NOTICE</font></div>
              </td>
              <td colspan="3" valign="top" width="491">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">(SIGNATURE)</font></div>
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              <td colspan="7">
                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>The
                  notice shall be signed by the persons for whose account the
                  securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall
                  be
                  manually signed.<br>Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or
                  printed signatures.</i></font></div>
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                <div align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><strong>ATTENTION:
                  INTERNATIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS
                  CONSTITUTE FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS<br>(SEE 18 U.S.C.
                  1001).</strong></font></div>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                  COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
                  144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144
                  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit
                for filing 3 copies of this form
                concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to
                execute
  sale
                or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  OMB APPROVAL
  OMB Number:     3235-0101
  Expires:   December 31, 2006
  Estimated average burden
  hours per response..........4.47
  SEC USE ONLY
  DOCUMENT
                SEQUENCE
                NO.
  CUSIP
                NUMBER
  1
  (a)
  NAME
                  OF ISSUER
  (Please type or
                  print)
  State
                  Bancorp, Inc.
  (b)
  I.R.S. IDENT. NO.
  11-2846511
  (c)
  S.E.C. FILE NO.
  001-14783
  WORK
                LOCATION
  1
  (d)
  ADDRESS OF ISSUER           STREET          CITY          STATE          ZIP
                CODE
  699
                Hillside
                Avenue
  New
                Hyde
                Park
  NY
  11040
  (e)
  TELEPHONE NO.
  AREA CODE
  516
  NUMBER
  437-1000
  2
  (a)
  PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES
  ARE TO BE SOLD
  Daniel
                T. Rowe
  (b)
  I.R.S. IDENT. NO.
  ###-##-####
  (c)
  RELATIONSHIP
                TO
  ISSUER
  Officer/Director
  (d)
  ADDRESS STREET             CITY        STATE       ZIP
                CODE
  101
                Chestnut Ave.
  E.
                Setauket
  NY
  11733
  INSTRUCTION:
                The person filing this notice should contact the
                issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File
                Number
  3
  (a)
  Title of the
  Class of
  Securities
  To Be Sold
  (b)
  Name
                  and
                  Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered
                  to
                  Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
  SEC
                USE ONLY
  (c)
  Number of shares
  or Other Units
  To Be Sold
  (See
                  instr.3(c))
  (d)
  Aggregate
  Market
  Value
  (See
                  instr.3(d))
  (e)
  Number of Shares
  or
                  Other Units
  Outstanding
  (See instr.3(e))
  (f)
  Approximate
  Date
                  of Sale
  (See
                  instr.3(f))
  (MO.  DAY  YR.)
  (g)
  Name
                  of
                  Each
  Securities
  Exchange
  (See
                  instr.3(g))
  Broker-Dealer
  File
                Number
  Common
  Sandler O'Neill & Partners
  50,000
  $810,500
  11,127,784
  5/24/06
  NASDAQ
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.
  (a)
  Name
                of
                issuer.
  3.
  (a)
  Title
                of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)
  Issuer's
                IRS
                Identification Number.
  (b)
  Name
                and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
                to be
                sold.
  (c)
  Issuer's
                SEC file
                number, if any.
  (c)
  Number
                of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
                aggregate face amount).
  (d)
  Issuer's
                address,
                including zip code.
  (d)
  Aggregate
                market value of the securities to be sold as of a
                specified date within 10 days prior to the filing
  (e)
  Issuer's
                telephone number, including area code.
  (e)
  Number
                of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities
                the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
                report or statement published by the issuer.
  2.
  (a)
  Name
                of person
                for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  (f)
  Approximate
                date on which the securities are to be
                sold.
  (b)
  Such
                person's or
                I.R.S. Identification number, if such a person is an entity.
  (g)
  Name
                of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities
                are intended to be sold.
  (c)
  Such
                person's
                relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10
                percent stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the
                foregoing).
  Potential
                persons who are to respond to the collection
                of information contained   in this form are not required to respond
                unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control
                number.
  (d)
  Such
                person's
                address, including zip code.
  TABLE
                  I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish
                  the
                  following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities
                  to
                  be sold
  and with respect to the Payment of all or any part of the
                  purchase price or other consideration
                  therefor:
  Title
                  of
  the Class
  Date
                  You Acquired
  Nature
                  of Acquisition Transaction
  Name
                  of Person From Whom Acquired
  (If Gift, Also Give Date
                  Donor Acquired)
  Amount
                  of Securities Acquired
  Date
                  of Payment
  Nature
                  of Payment
  Common
  Various
  Rights offering; dividend reinvestment plan;
                incentive stock options
  State Bancorp, Inc.
  50,000
  1980 to 2005
  Cash
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.
  If
                  the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not
                  made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in
                  a note
                  thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration
                  consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made
                  in
                  installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or
                  other
                  obligation was discharged in full or the last installment
                  paid.
  2.
  If
                  within two years after the acquisition of the securities the
                  person for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions,
                  put
                  or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph
                  (d)(3)
                  of Rule 144, furnish full information with respect
                  thereto.
  TABLE
                  II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST THREE
                  MONTHS
  Furnish
                  The
                  Following Information as to All Securities of The Issuer Sold During
                  The
                  Past Three Months By The Person For Whose Account The Securities
                  Are To Be
                  Sold.
  Name
                  and Address of Seller
  Title
                  of Securities To Be Sold.
  Date
                  of Sale
  Amount
                  of
  Securities Sold
  Gross
                  Proceeds
  None
  REMARKS:
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See
                  the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.
                  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account
                  the
                  securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included
                  in
                  that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by
                  all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144
                  to be
                  aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this
                  notice.
  ATTENTION:
  The
                  person for whose account the securities to which this notice
                  relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that
                  he
                  does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current
                  and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be
                  sold
                  which has not been publicly disclosed.
  May
                  19, 2006
  /s/
                  Daniel T. Rowe
  DATE
                  OF NOTICE
  (SIGNATURE)
  The
                  notice shall be signed by the persons for whose account the
                  securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall
                  be
                  manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or
                  printed signatures.
  ATTENTION:
                  INTERNATIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS
                  CONSTITUTE FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS
  (SEE 18 U.S.C.
                  1001).