Assembly Bill A2503

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law

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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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2021-A2503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S565
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §7511, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9993
2017-2018: A1370, S6060
2019-2020: A5610, S2396
2023-2024: A3775, S3263
2025-2026: A5671, S7440

2021-A2503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law.

2021-A2503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2503
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. WEINSTEIN, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, STECK, ENGLE-
   BRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, ZEBROWSKI, TAYLOR -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   CAHILL, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  vacat-
   ing arbitration awards on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (b)  of
 section  7511  of  the civil practice law and rules is amended and a new
 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv) failure to follow the procedure of this article, unless the party
 applying to vacate the award continued with the arbitration with  notice
 of the defect and without objection[.]; OR
   (V)  THE  ARBITRATOR  EVIDENCED  A  MANIFEST  DISREGARD  OF THE LAW IN
 RENDERING THE AWARD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00009-01-1

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