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Assembly Bill A6517

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to obtaining disclosure from a non-party witness

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2009-A6517 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3101, CPLR

2009-A6517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to obtaining disclosure from a non-party witness.

2009-A6517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6517

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to obtain-
  ing disclosure from a non-party witness

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 3101 of the civil
practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 98 of the laws of 1993, is
amended to read as follows:
  (4) any other person, upon notice stating the circumstances or reasons
such disclosure is sought or required, AND WITHOUT THE  NEED  TO  DEMON-
STRATE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THIR-
TY-ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, WHERE APPLICABLE.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
actions pending on or commenced after such date.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09268-01-9

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