Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 16, 2012 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 07, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
May 02, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
May 01, 2012 |
1st report cal.629 |
Mar 08, 2012 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S6662
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S6662 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Uniform District Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1801-A, UDCA
2011-S6662 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6662 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the uniform district court act, in relation to the territorial definition of a commercial claim This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of her Local Courts Advisory Committee. This measure would amend the Uniform District Court Act to clarify the territory where a defendant can be found in order for a District Court to have subject matter jurisdiction over a commercial claim against that defendant. Currently, the Uniform District Court Act requires that in commercial claims proceedings, the defendant must reside, have an office for the transaction of business, or be regularly employed "within the district in the county where a court is located." See UDCA §1801-A(a). The District Courts are organized into districts. The Nassau County District Court is organized into four judicial districts. The first judicial district of this court encompasses the entire county of Nassau. The second judicial district encompasses the
2011-S6662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6662 I N S E N A T E March 8, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin- istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the uniform district court act, in relation to the territorial definition of a commercial claim THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1801-A of the uniform district court act, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: (a) The term "commercial claim" or "commercial claims" as used in this act shall mean and include any cause of action for money only not in excess of the maximum amount permitted for a small claim in the small claims part of the court, exclusive of interest and costs, provided that subject to the limitations contained in section eighteen hundred nine-A of this article, the claimant is a corporation, partnership or associ- ation, which has its principal office in the state of New York and provided that the defendant either resides, or has an office for the transaction of business or a regular employment, within [the] A district in the county where the court is located. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14131-01-2
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