S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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488
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
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.
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