Bill Text: NY S05899 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to an action to recover damages for personal injury involving solid waste management and resource recovery facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S05899 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05899-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5899 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- 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 an action to recover damages for personal injury involving solid waste management and resource recovery facilities 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 214-h to read as follows: 3 § 214-h. Action to recover damages for personal injury caused by 4 violations involving solid waste management and resource recovery facil- 5 ities. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an action 6 to recover personal damages for injury caused by a violation of title 7 seven of article twenty-seven of the environmental conservation law, may 8 be commenced by the plaintiff within six years from the date the cause 9 of action accrued. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to actions 11 arising on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11774-02-9
