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                                         1806
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Judiciary
       AN  ACT  to  amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the
         authority of marshals in evicting tenants
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  1609  of  the  New  York city civil court act is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A. A MARSHAL EVICTING A TENANT FROM AN APARTMENT PURSUANT TO A  DULY
    4  ISSUED  EVICTION  WARRANT SHALL ONLY BE AUTHORIZED TO GIVE POSSESSION OF
    5  THE APARTMENT TO THE LANDLORD OR BUILDING OWNER AND SHALL NOT BE RESPON-
    6  SIBLE FOR THE PACKAGING, REMOVAL OR STORAGE OF THE TENANT'S PROPERTY.  A
    7  MARSHAL  SHALL  HAVE  NO  INTEREST  IN NOR INVOLVEMENT WITH ANY MOVER OR
    8  MOVING COMPANY.
    9    S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
   10  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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