Senate Bill S3676

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires stipulations of settlement to only state that the parties agreed to settle, not need to state the terms of the settlement

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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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2011-S3676 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd R2104, CPLR
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S3897

2011-S3676 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires stipulations of settlement to only state that the parties agreed to settle; there shall be no requirement to state the terms of the settlement.

2011-S3676 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3676

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  stipu-
  lation of settlement

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

  Section 1. Rule 2104 of the civil practice law and rules,  as  amended
by section 28 of part J of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to
read as follows:
  Rule  2104. Stipulations. An agreement between parties or their attor-
neys relating to any matter in an action, other than  one  made  between
counsel  in  open  court,  is not binding upon a party unless it is in a
writing subscribed by him OR HER, or his OR HER attorney or  reduced  to
the  form  of  an  order  and  entered.  With respect to stipulations of
settlement [and notwithstanding the form of the stipulation  of  settle-
ment,  the  terms  of such stipulation shall be filed by], the defendant
SHALL FILE THE STIPULATIONS OF SETTLEMENT with the county  clerk.    THE
STIPULATIONS  OF  SETTLEMENT  SHALL  ONLY  BE  REQUIRED  TO  PROVIDE THE
PARTIES' AGREEMENT TO SETTLE. THE  PARTIES  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO
SUBMIT THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09771-01-1


              

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