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Assembly Bill A5034

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishing the time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local agency

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2019-A5034 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Court of Claims Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Ct Claims Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A656
2023-2024: A1047

2019-A5034 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local agency.

2019-A5034 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5034
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the court of claims act, in relation to establishing the
   time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against
   the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a  state  or  local
   agency

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 10 of the court of claims act is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  IF THE CLAIMANT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH ANY STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY
 ALLEGING UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES CONSTITUTING  SEXUAL  HARASS-
 MENT, A CLAIM SHALL BE FILED AND SERVED UPON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITHIN
 SIX  MONTHS  OF  THE FINAL ADJUDICATION OR DISMISSAL OF THE COMPLAINT BY
 THE STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 cases  alleging  unlawful  discriminatory  practices constituting sexual
 harassment occurring on and after such effective date.  Effective  imme-
 diately  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00399-01-9

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