Assembly Bill A1599

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Designates venue of certain special proceedings against certain state bodies or officers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1599 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7086
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §506, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5197, S7401
2011-2012: A6245, S28
2013-2014: A479, S165
2015-2016: A1547, S574
2019-2020: A6240, S5139

2017-A1599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits special proceedings against certain designated state officials to be commenced in a supreme court in the judicial district of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business; provides that a proceeding against the public service commission shall only be commenced in the supreme court, Albany county.

2017-A1599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1599
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, GOTTFRIED, KAVANAGH, ABINANTI -- 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00573-01-7



              

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