Bill Text: NY S04945 | 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) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S04945 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04945-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4945
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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