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Jan 03, 2018 | referred to governmental operations |
May 05, 2017 | referred to governmental operations |
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James Skoufis
Jo Anne Simon
Ellen C. Jaffee
Jeffrey Dinowitz
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Kevin Cahill
Vivian Cook
Deborah Glick
Dov Hikind
A7641 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7641 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting the involuntary removal from a commercial passenger aircraft of any passenger having an assigned seat thereon, on the basis of overbooking by the operator of such aircraft THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 79-o to read as follows: § 79-O. ACTION FOR INVOLUNTARY REMOVAL FROM A COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AIRCRAFT; CERTAIN CASES. 1. NO PASSENGER ADMITTED TO A COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AIRCRAFT, HAVING PAID THE FARE FOR TRANSPORTATION ON SUCH AIRCRAFT AND HAVING AN ASSIGNED SEAT THEREON, SHALL BE INVOLUNTARILY REMOVED FROM SUCH AIRCRAFT SOLELY ON THE BASES THAT THE OWNER OR OPERA- TOR OF THE AIRCRAFT OVERBOOKED THE FLIGHT THEREOF OR ASSIGNED THE PASSENGER'S SEAT TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL. 2. ANY PERSON INVOLUNTARILY REMOVED FROM A COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AIRCRAFT, IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, MAY COMMENCE AND MAINTAIN A CAUSE OF ACTION TO RECOVER TREBLE DAMAGES, PLUS COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11085-01-7