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Assembly Bill A9993

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law

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2015-A9993 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §7511, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1370
2019-2020: A5610
2021-2022: A2503
2023-2024: A3775
2025-2026: A5671

2015-A9993 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law.

2015-A9993 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9993

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 3, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN, TITONE, DINOWITZ -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  vacat-
  ing arbitration awards on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (b)  of
section  7511  of  the civil practice law and rules is amended and a new
subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
  (iv) failure to follow the procedure of this article, unless the party
applying to vacate the award continued with the arbitration with  notice
of the defect and without objection[.]; OR
  (V)  THE  ARBITRATOR  EVIDENCED  A  MANIFEST  DISREGARD  OF THE LAW IN
RENDERING THE AWARD.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14396-02-6

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