NY State Senate Bill 2013-S6151

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2014	referred to cities

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Cities
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§50-e & 50-i, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S1093
2017-2018: S1495

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the filing of a notice of claim in New York city even after the ninety day period if the person notifies the responsible agency regarding the problem in writing within ninety days after such claim arises, the time otherwise limited for filing the notice of claim is extended until such time that the responsible agency provides a determination in writing detailing what actions that the agency will take to resolve the claim; provided, further, that the time within which the notice of claim must be filed shall not be extended by this provision beyond one year after the cause of action accrues.

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6151

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation
to filing a notice of claim in New York city

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of the bill is to allow the tolling of the time otherwise
limited for filing the Notice of Claim in a city with a population of
one million or more if a person notifies the responsible agency in writ-
ing within ninety days after such claim arises.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends subdivision 1 of section 50-e of the general municipal
law by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to allow extending the time other-
wise limited for filing the notice of claim against a public corporation
in a city with a population of one million of more if a person notifies
the responsible agency in writing within ninety days after such claim
arises. The time is extended until the responsible agency provides a
determination in writing detailing what actions that the agency shall
take to resolve the claim. However, the time within which the notice of
claim must be filed shall not be extended beyond one year after the
cause of action accrues.

Section 2: Amends subdivision 1 of section 50-i of the general municipal

law by extending the time limit for commencing an action or special
proceeding against a public corporation to two years after the cause of
action accrues in a city with a population of one million or more. This
extension is allowed where a person notifies the responsible agency
pursuant to paragraph (a-1) of subdivision one of section 50-e of the
general municipal law.

Section 3: This act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:

The current law requires that as a condition precedent to commencing an
action or special proceeding against a public corporation (i.e.  the
City of New York or one of its agencies or departments), a notice of
claim must be served on the public corporation within 90 days after the
claim accrues.

The problem arises when the affected person notifies a responsible city
agency, but fails to file a notice of claim, with the expectation that
the agency will investigate and address the issue.  Several months can
elapse before the City agency notifies the individual of their findings.
In a case where the City agency makes an adverse determination 90 days
after the claim arises, the affected individual would be time-barred
from filing a notice of claim.

This legislation would allow the affected person to file a notice of
claim after the 90-day period where such person notifies the responsible
agency regarding the claim in writing within 90 days after the claim
arises. In addition, it would extend the time limit for commencing an
action or special proceeding against a public corporation in order to be
consistent with the newly established time limit for filing the notice
of claim.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None known.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6151

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  filing  a
  notice of claim in New York city

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 50-e of the general municipal  law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
  (A-1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHERE A PERSON
NOTIFIES THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCY IN WRITING WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER SUCH
CLAIM  ARISES, THE TIME OTHERWISE LIMITED FOR FILING THE NOTICE OF CLAIM
IS EXTENDED UNTIL SUCH TIME  THAT  THE  RESPONSIBLE  AGENCY  PROVIDES  A
DETERMINATION  IN  WRITING  DETAILING WHAT ACTIONS THAT THE AGENCY SHALL
TAKE TO RESOLVE THE CLAIM. HOWEVER, THE TIME WITHIN WHICH THE NOTICE  OF
CLAIM  MUST  BE FILED SHALL NOT BE EXTENDED BY THIS PROVISION BEYOND ONE
YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 50-i of the general  municipal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  24  of  the  laws  of  2013, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. No action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted  or  maintained
against  a city, county, town, village, fire district or school district
for personal injury, wrongful death or damage to real or personal  prop-
erty  alleged  to  have  been  sustained  by reason of the negligence or
wrongful act of such city,  county,  town,  village,  fire  district  or
school  district or of any officer, agent or employee thereof, including
volunteer firemen of any such city, county, town, village, fire district
or school district or any volunteer fireman  whose  services  have  been
accepted  pursuant  to  the  provisions of section two hundred nine-i of
this chapter, unless, (a) a notice of claim shall  have  been  made  and
served  upon  the  city,  county, town, village, fire district or school
district in compliance with section fifty-e  of  this  article,  (b)  it
shall  appear  by and as an allegation in the complaint or moving papers

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11800-02-3

S. 6151                             2

that at least thirty days have elapsed since the service of such notice,
or if service of the notice of claim is made by service upon the  secre-
tary  of  state pursuant to section fifty-three of this article, that at
least forty days have elapsed since the service of such notice, and that
adjustment  or  payment thereof has been neglected or refused, [and] (c)
the action or special proceeding shall be commenced within one year  and
ninety  days  after  the  happening of the event upon which the claim is
based; except that wrongful death actions shall be commenced within  two
years  after  the  happening of the death, AND (C-1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE
PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IN A CITY WITH A  POPU-
LATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHERE A PERSON NOTIFIES THE RESPONSIBLE
AGENCY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A-1) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIFTY-E
OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TIME OTHERWISE LIMITED FOR  COMMENCING  THE  ACTION
SHALL BE TWO YEARS AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Find your Senator and share your views on important issues.

Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S6151

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee

Actions

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Do you support this bill?

Get Status Alerts for 2013-S6151

Senate Bill S6151

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Tony Avella

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee

Actions

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments