Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 20, 2015 | signed chap.439 |
Nov 10, 2015 | delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2015 | returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s5899 |
Jun 17, 2015 | substituted by a6079 ordered to third reading cal.1744 |
Jun 10, 2015 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S5899
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
John J. Bonacic
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6079 - Signed by Governor
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S5899 (ACTIVE) - Details
S5899 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5899 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the reporting of awards pursuant to the New York state equal access to justice act PURPOSE: To properly shift the responsibility for creating an annual report pursuant to the New York State Equal Access to Justice Act from the State Comptroller's Office to the Attorney General's Office. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend Section 8604 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules by replacing a reference to the Department of Audit and Control with a reference to the Department of Law. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.9758 (Passed Assembly) of 2013-2014 JUSTIFICATION:
S5899 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5899 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 10, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the State Comptroller) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the reporting of awards pursuant to the New York state equal access to justice act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8604 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by chapter 770 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows: S 8604. Annual report. The department of [audit and control] LAW shall file with the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the [majority leader] TEMPORARY PRESIDENT of the senate an annual report describing the number, nature and amount of each award in the previous fiscal year including the agency involved in each action, and other relevant infor- mation which might aid the legislature and the governor in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02989-01-5
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