Bill Text: NY A07053 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that arbitration awards in consumer and employment disputes, where the arbitration is conducted pursuant to a contract, shall include all issues in dispute and the arbitrator's findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-06 - enacting clause stricken [A07053 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07053-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7053 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 29, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to arbi- tration awards in consumer and employment disputes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7507 of the civil practice law and rules, as 2 amended by chapter 952 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 § 7507. Award; form; time; delivery. (a) Except as provided in section 5 7508, the award shall be in writing, signed and affirmed by the arbitra- 6 tor making it within the time fixed by the agreement, or, if the time is 7 not fixed, within such time as the court orders. 8 (b) In a matter involving a consumer dispute, pursuant to section 9 three hundred ninety-nine-c of the general business law, or an employ- 10 ment dispute between an employer and employee, as defined in section two 11 of the labor law, where arbitration was held pursuant to a contract, the 12 award shall state the issues in dispute and shall contain the 13 arbitrator's findings of fact and conclusions of law. Such award shall 14 contain a decision on all issues submitted to the arbitrator. 15 (c) The parties may in writing extend the time either before or after 16 its expiration. A party waives the objection that an award was not made 17 within the time required unless he or she notifies the arbitrator in 18 writing of his or her objection prior to the delivery of the award to 19 him or her. 20 (d) The arbitrator shall deliver a copy of the award to each party in 21 the manner provided in the agreement, or, if no provision is so made, 22 personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 24 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09161-01-7