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Assembly Bill A6861

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Limits asbestos-related liabilities relating to certain mergers and consolidations

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2009-A6861 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Business Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §906-a, BC L; add §214-f, CPLR

2009-A6861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits asbestos-related liabilities relating to certain mergers and consolidations; limits a successor company's responsibility for the predecessor's torts to the total value of the predecessor's assets; makes definitions; amends civil practice law and rules to include a two year statute of limitation relating to death caused by exposure to asbestos.

2009-A6861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6861

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCOZZAFAVA  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the business corporation law and the civil practice  law
  and  rules, in relation to limitations on asbestos-related liabilities
  relating to certain mergers and consolidations

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

  Section  1.  The  business  corporation law is amended by adding a new
section 906-a to read as follows:
S 906-A. LIMITATIONS ON ASBESTOS-RELATED LIABILITIES RELATING TO CERTAIN
           MERGERS OR CONSOLIDATIONS.
  (A) LIMITATION ON SUCCESSOR ASBESTOS-RELATED LIABILITIES.
  (1) EXCEPT AS FURTHER LIMITED IN SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
THE  CUMULATIVE  SUCCESSOR  ASBESTOS-RELATED  LIABILITIES  OF A DOMESTIC
CORPORATION THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN THIS STATE PRIOR TO MAY FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND  NINE,  SHALL  BE LIMITED TO THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE TOTAL
ASSETS OF THE TRANSFEROR DETERMINED AS OF THE  TIME  OF  THE  MERGER  OR
CONSOLIDATION  AND  SUCH  CORPORATION  SHALL  HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SUCCESSOR ASBESTOS-RELATED LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF SUCH LIMITATION.
  (2) IF THE TRANSFEROR HAD ASSUMED OR INCURRED  SUCCESSOR  ASBESTOS-RE-
LATED  LIABILITIES  IN  CONNECTION  WITH A PRIOR MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION
WITH A PRIOR TRANSFEROR, THEN THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE TOTAL  ASSETS
OF THE PRIOR TRANSFEROR, DETERMINED AS OF THE TIME OF SUCH EARLIER MERG-
ER  OR  CONSOLIDATION, SHALL BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE LIMITATION SET FORTH
IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH FOR PURPOSES  OF  DETERMINING  THE
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF A DOMESTIC CORPORATION.
  (B)  LIMITATION  ON TOTAL ASSETS AVAILABLE TO SATISFY SUCCESSOR ASBES-
TOS-RELATED LIABILITIES.
  (1) EXCEPT AS FURTHER LIMITED IN SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
THE ASSETS OF A DOMESTIC CORPORATION THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN THIS STATE
PRIOR  TO  MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM RESTRAINT,
ATTACHMENT OR EXECUTION ON JUDGMENTS RELATED  TO  CLAIMS  FOR  SUCCESSOR
ASBESTOS-RELATED  LIABILITIES IF THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNTS WHICH, AFTER THE
TIME OF THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION AS TO WHICH THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF

              

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