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Assembly Bill A7524

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the substitution of parties; repealer

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2019-A7524 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Rpld §1019, amd §1023, CPLR

2019-A7524 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the substitution of parties when it involves a public officer, body, board, commission or other public agency.

2019-A7524 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7524
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, DINOWITZ -- (at request of the Office
   of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to substi-
   tution of parties; and repealing certain provisions of such law relat-
   ing thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1019  of  the  civil  practice  law and rules is
 REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 1023 of the civil practice law and rules  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 1023.  Public  body  or  officer described by official title. When a
 public officer, body, board, commission or other public agency  may  sue
 or  be  sued  in  its  official capacity, [it may] THAT PERSON OR ENTITY
 SHALL be designated by [its] THE official title, subject to the power of
 the court to require names to be added.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 pending actions and proceedings.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10171-01-9

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