Bill Text: NY A06100 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to venue for certain civil actions arising out of certain violations of the lien law and the vehicle and traffic law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A06100 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06100-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6100
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 23, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
        AN  ACT  to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to venue
          for certain civil actions arising out of violations of  the  lien  law
          and vehicle and traffic law
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
     2  section 505-a to read as follows:
     3    § 505-a. Civil actions arising out of certain violations of  the  lien
     4  law  and  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law. The place of trial of a civil
     5  action arising out of a violation of section two hundred one of the lien
     6  law or section four hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic  law,
     7  in  which  the attorney general is a party, shall be in the county where
     8  the defendant has their actual place of  business  unless  the  attorney
     9  general  shall  timely object thereto and shall have appeared by serving
    10  notice of appearance to those proceedings.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07182-01-7