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Assembly Bill A1516

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought

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2017-A1516 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §215, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7037
2019-2020: A1945

2017-A1516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought.

2017-A1516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1516
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, CAHILL, COLTON, HOOPER, ABBATE,
   GUNTHER,  TITONE,  M. G. MILLER, SEPULVEDA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A.  GOTTFRIED, JENNE -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab-
   lishing a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury
   arising from domestic violence must be brought
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 215 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NOTWITHSTANDING THE OPENING PARAGRAPH OF THIS  SECTION,  AN  ACTION
 THAT  MAY BE BROUGHT TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR INJURY ARISING FROM DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW,  SHALL  BE  COMMENCED  WITHIN  TWO YEARS. NOTHING IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO MODIFY ANY TIME  LIMITATION  CONTAINED
 IN  SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE OR SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
 THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04102-01-7

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