Senate Bill S9061

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing judicial notice of Google Maps and other web mapping or global imaging websites

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

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2017-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11191
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd R4511, CPLR

2017-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows judicial notice of an image, map, location, distance, calculation, or other information taken from a web mapping service, a global satellite imaging site, or an internet mapping tool, when requested by a party to the action, subject to a rebuttable presumption.

2017-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9061
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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  judi-
   cial  notice  of  an  image,  map, location, distance, calculation, or
   other information taken from a web mapping service
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Rule  4511 of the civil practice law and rules, as renum-
 bered by chapter 315 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
   Rule 4511. Judicial notice of law. (a) When judicial notice  shall  be
 taken  without  request.  Every court shall take judicial notice without
 request of the common law, constitutions  and  public  statutes  of  the
 United  States  and  of  every  state, territory and jurisdiction of the
 United States and of the official compilation of codes, rules and  regu-
 lations of the state except those that relate solely to the organization
 or  internal  management of an agency of the state and of all local laws
 and county acts.
   (b) When judicial notice may be taken without request; when  it  shall
 be  taken  on  request.  Every  court  may  take judicial notice without
 request of private acts and resolutions of the congress  of  the  United
 States  and  of the legislature of the state; ordinances and regulations
 of officers, agencies or governmental subdivisions of the  state  or  of
 the  United States; and the laws of foreign countries or their political
 subdivisions.  Judicial notice shall be taken of  matters  specified  in
 this  subdivision if a party requests it, furnishes the court sufficient
 information to enable it to comply with the request, and has given  each
 adverse  party  notice  of  his intention to request it. Notice shall be
 given in the pleadings or prior to the presentation of any  evidence  at
 the trial, but a court may require or permit other notice.
   (c) WHEN JUDICIAL NOTICE SHALL BE TAKEN BASED ON A REBUTTABLE PRESUMP-
 TION. EVERY COURT SHALL TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF AN IMAGE, MAP, LOCATION,
 DISTANCE,  CALCULATION,  OR  OTHER  INFORMATION TAKEN FROM A WEB MAPPING
 SERVICE, A GLOBAL SATELLITE IMAGING SITE, OR AN INTERNET  MAPPING  TOOL,
 WHEN  REQUESTED  BY  A  PARTY  TO  THE  ACTION,  SUBJECT TO A REBUTTABLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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