The New York State Senate

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                                  1547

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, GOTTFRIED, KAVANAGH -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules,  in  relation  to  the
  venue for certain special proceedings

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 506 of the  civil
practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 1992, is
amended to read as follows:
  2.  a proceeding against the regents of the university of the state of
New York, the commissioner of education, the  commissioner  of  taxation
and finance, the tax appeals tribunal, except as provided in section two
thousand  sixteen  of  the  tax  law, the public service commission, the
commissioner or the department of transportation relating to  [articles]
ARTICLE three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten of the trans-
portation  law  or  to  the railroad law, the water resources board, the
comptroller, or the department of agriculture and markets[,  shall]  MAY
be  commenced  in  the  supreme  court, Albany county OR IN THE JUDICIAL
DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PETITIONER RESIDES OR HAS ITS PRINCIPAL  PLACE  OF
BUSINESS;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  A  PROCEEDING  AGAINST  THE PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL ONLY BE COMMENCED IN THE SUPREME COURT,  ALBANY
COUNTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00986-01-5