Bill Text: NY A08032 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes venue in the county in which a substantial part of the events or omission giving rise to the claim occurred.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-23 - signed chap.366 [A08032 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08032-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8032
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 25, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  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 actions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 503 of the  civil  practice  law
     2  and rules is amended to read as follows:
     3    (a)  Generally. Except where otherwise prescribed by law, the place of
     4  trial shall be in the county in which one of the parties resided when it
     5  was commenced; the county in which a substantial part of the  events  or
     6  omissions  giving rise to the claim occurred; or, if none of the parties
     7  then resided in the state, in any county designated by the plaintiff.  A
     8  party resident in more than one county shall be  deemed  a  resident  of
     9  each such county.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to actions
    11  commenced on or after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11565-01-7