Assembly Bill A4273

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires that all decisions made by referees be subject to judicial approval

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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-A4273 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4319, CPLR

2011-A4273 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all decisions made by referees be subject to judicial approval.

2011-A4273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4273

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to requir-
  ing that all  decisions  made  by  referees  be  subject  to  judicial
  approval

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

  Section 1. Section 4319 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
to read as follows:
  S 4319. Decision. The decision of a  referee  shall  comply  with  the
requirements for a decision by the court and shall stand as the decision
of  a court SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL APPROVAL.  Unless otherwise specified in
the order of reference, the referee shall file his decision within thir-
ty days after the cause or matter is finally submitted.   If it  is  not
filed  within the required time, upon the motion of a party before it is
filed, the court may grant a new trial and, in that event,  the  referee
shall not be entitled to any fees.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02728-01-1

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