Senate Bill S3233

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Grants immunity from liability for personal injury and property damage sustained by a crime victim upon the premises of a business or nonprofit seeking assistance

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S3233 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4312
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-103, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6130, A8911
2013-2014: S607, A2709
2015-2016: S2481, A4712
2019-2020: S2153, A868
2021-2022: S1245
2023-2024: S176

2017-S3233 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants immunity from liability for personal injury and property damage sustained by a crime victim upon the premises of a business or nonprofit while seeking assistance, except in the case of gross negligence.

2017-S3233 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3233 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3233
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GIANARIS, AVELLA, BRESLIN, DILAN, MONTGOMERY, PARK-
   ER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
   committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general obligations law, in relation to granting
   immunity from liability for personal injury, death or property  damage
   incurred  by  a  victim  of  a crime while seeking assistance upon the
   premises of a business entity or not-for-profit corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 9-103 of the general obligations law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  AN OWNER, LESSEE OR OCCUPANT OF A PREMISES, WHICH IS OPERATED AS
 A BUSINESS ENTITY OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, WHO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE
 TO A VICTIM OF A CRIME BY ALLOWING SUCH VICTIM TO REMAIN UPON SUCH PREM-
 ISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUMMONING  A  POLICE  OFFICER  AND/OR  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL PERSONNEL, SHALL ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR OR INCUR LIABILITY
 FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH OR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE CRIME
 VICTIM  WHILE  UPON  SUCH  PREMISES IN THE COURSE OF SEEKING ASSISTANCE,
 UNLESS IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT SUCH INJURY OR DEATH WAS CAUSED  BY  GROSS
 NEGLIGENCE  ON THE PART OF SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPO-
 RATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04208-01-7



              

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