Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 23, 2011 |
signed chap.566 |
Sep 12, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 06, 2011 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.75 substituted for a7519a |
Jun 06, 2011 |
substituted by s4577a rules report cal.75 reported |
Jun 01, 2011 |
reported referred to rules |
May 24, 2011 |
print number 7519a |
May 24, 2011 |
amend and recommit to codes |
May 10, 2011 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A7519
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JEFFRIES
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4577 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2011-A7519 - Details
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Amd R909, CPLR
2011-A7519 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7519 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the award of attorneys' fees in class actions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Rule 909 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by chapter 207 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows: Rule 909. Attorneys' fees. If a judgment in an action maintained as a class action is rendered in favor of the class, the court in its discretion may award attorneys' fees to the representatives of the class OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON THAT THE COURT FINDS HAS ACTED TO BENEFIT THE CLASS based on the reasonable value of legal services rendered and if justice requires, allow recovery of the amount awarded from the opponent of the class. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to all actions commenced on or after the date on which it shall have become a law and all actions pending on the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09315-01-1
2011-A7519A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Amd R909, CPLR
2011-A7519A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7519--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the award of attorneys' fees in class actions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Rule 909 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by chapter 207 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows: Rule 909. Attorneys' fees. If a judgment in an action maintained as a class action is rendered in favor of the class, the court in its discretion may award attorneys' fees to the representatives of the class AND/OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON THAT THE COURT FINDS HAS ACTED TO BENEFIT THE CLASS based on the reasonable value of legal services rendered and if justice requires, allow recovery of the amount awarded from the opponent of the class. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to all actions commenced on or after the date on which it shall have become a law and all actions pending on the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09315-02-1
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