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Senate Bill S4471

Vetoed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires workers comp hearings and pre-hearing conferences to be stenographically recorded by a stenographer in the employ of the workers' compensation board

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2013-S4471 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5235
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §122, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4112, A7508
2015-2016: A6671

2013-S4471 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires workers' compensation hearings and pre-hearing conferences to be stenographically recorded by a stenographer in the employ of the workers' compensation board.

2013-S4471 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4471 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4471

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 3, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  requiring
  hearings  and pre-hearing conferences to be recorded by a stenographer
  in the employ of the workers' compensation board

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

  Section 1. Section 122 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
chapter 113 of the laws of 1946, is amended to read as follows:
  S  122. Transcripts. ALL HEARINGS AND PRE-HEARING CONFERENCES SHALL BE
STENOGRAPHICALLY RECORDED BY A STENOGRAPHER IN THE EMPLOY OF THE  BOARD.
A  copy  of  the testimony, evidence and procedure of any investigation,
HEARING OR PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE, or a particular part thereof,  STENO-
GRAPHICALLY  RECORDED AND transcribed by a stenographer in the employ of
the board and certified by such stenographer to be true and correct  may
be  received  in  evidence  with the same effect as if such stenographer
were present and testifying to the facts so certified.  A copy  of  such
transcript  shall  be furnished to any party upon payment of the fee for
transcripts of similar minutes in the supreme court.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00658-01-3

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