The New York State Senate

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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, O'DONNELL, DenDEKKER, GUNTHER
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court  act,  in  relation  to  civil
  jurisdictional limits

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

  Section 1. Subdivision a of section 201 of the uniform  justice  court
act,  as  amended by chapter 685 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read
as follows:
  a. The court shall have jurisdiction as set forth in this article  and
as  elsewhere  provided  by  law[,  subject, in the case of a city court
governed by this act, to the limitations stated in S 2300 (b) (2) (i) of
this act]. The phrase "[$3000] $5000", whenever it appears herein, shall
be taken to mean "[$3000]  $5000  exclusive  of  interest  and  costs"[,
except  that,  in  the  case  of a city court governed by this act whose
monetary jurisdiction is, pursuant to S 2300 (b) (2) (i)  of  this  act,
below  $3000, it shall be taken to mean such lesser sum as is applicable
in the particular court, exclusive of interest and costs].
  S 2. Section 202 of the uniform justice court act, as amended by chap-
ter 685 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
S 202. Money actions and actions to recover chattels.
  Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the  court  shall  have
jurisdiction  of  actions  and  proceedings for the recovery of money or
chattels where the amount sought to be recovered or  the  value  of  the
property does not exceed [$3000] $5000.
  S  3.  Section  1801  of  the uniform justice court act, as amended by
chapter 76 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
S 1801. Small claims defined.
  The term "small claim" or "small claims" as used  in  this  act  shall
mean  and  include  any  cause of action for money only not in excess of
[three] FIVE thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs,  provided

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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that  the defendant either resides, or has an office for the transaction
of business or a regular employment, within the municipality  where  the
court  is  located. However, where a judge of the county court, pursuant
to  subdivision  (g)  of  section three hundred twenty-five of the civil
practice law and rules, transfers a small claim from the town or village
court having jurisdiction over the matter to  another  town  or  village
court within the same county, the court to which it is transferred shall
have jurisdiction to determine the claim.
  S  4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
actions or proceedings filed on or after such date.