Bill Text: NY A00089 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits certain persons to commence an action for unjust conviction in the court of claims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-01-14 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [A00089 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A00089-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 89 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT in relation to permitting certain persons to file a claim for unjust conviction in the court of claims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any action 2 commenced by the filing of a claim in the office of the clerk of the 3 court of claims on March 25, 1999 and amended on May 26, 1999 which was 4 brought by a claimant whose second degree murder conviction was over- 5 turned on May 21, 1998 and whose court of claims action was dismissed 6 solely because such conviction has been determined to have been vacated 7 pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 440.10 of the 8 criminal procedure law is hereby revived and a claim may be commenced 9 and brought to judgment, provided such claim is commenced within 90 days 10 after the effective date of this act. Such action shall not be dismissed 11 solely based on the grounds that claimant's conviction was vacated 12 pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 440.10 of the 13 criminal procedure law. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03439-01-3