Bill Text: NY S08391 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions, to change the effective date from 120 days after it shall have become a law to 60 days after it shall have become a law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-08-13 - SIGNED CHAP.415 [S08391 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S08391-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 28, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of  2010,  amending  the  domestic
         relations  law  relating  to the payment of counsel and expert fees in
         matrimonial actions, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.4532-A
         and A.7569-A, in relation to the  effective  date  of  the  provisions
         thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of  2010,  amending  the
    2  domestic  relations  law  relating  to the payment of counsel and expert
    3  fees in matrimonial actions, as proposed in  legislative  bills  numbers
    4  S.4532-A and A. 7569-A, is amended to read as follows:
    5    S  3. This act shall take effect on the [one hundred twentieth] SIXTI-
    6  ETH day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to actions  and
    7  proceedings commenced  on or after such effective date.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11112-08-0
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