Assembly Bill A1488

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding service of process to the department of state in the city of New York

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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-A1488 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1728
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Business Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§306, 306-a & 307, BC L; add §92-a, amd §§172-c & 173-c, Exec L; amd §19, Gen Assoc L; amd §§304, 301-A & 303, Lim Lil L; amd §§306 & 307, N-PC L; amd §§121-104-A, 121-109, 121-1505 & 121-1506, Partn L; amd §§203, 216, 310 & 511, Tax L; amd §§11-609, 11-659 & 11-665, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§339-n & 442-g, RP L; amd §§250 & 352-b, Gen Bus L; amd §§48 & 74, Nav L; amd §253, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10357, S8631
2019-2020: A3300, S3348
2023-2024: A3419, S5404, S6703

2021-A1488 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding service of process to the department of state in the city of New York.

2021-A1488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1488
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the business corporation law, the executive law, the
   general associations law, the limited liability company law, the  not-
   for-profit  corporation  law,  the  partnership  law, the tax law, the
   administrative code of the city of New York, the  real  property  law,
   the  general  business  law,  the  navigation law, and the vehicle and
   traffic law, in relation  to  expanding  service  of  process  to  the
   department of state in the city of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 306 of the  busi-
 ness  corporation law, as amended by chapter 419 of the laws of 1990, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (1) Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a  domes-
 tic or authorized foreign corporation shall be made by personally deliv-
 ering  to  and  leaving with the secretary of state or a deputy, or with
 any person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service,
 at the office of the department of state in EITHER the city of Albany OR
 NEW YORK, duplicate copies of such process together with  the  statutory
 fee,  which  fee  shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of process on
 such corporation shall be complete when the secretary  of  state  is  so
 served. The secretary of state shall promptly send one of such copies by
 certified  mail,  return  receipt requested, to such corporation, at the
 post office address, on file in the department of state,  specified  for
 the purpose. If a domestic or authorized foreign corporation has no such
 address on file in the department of state, the secretary of state shall
 so mail such copy, in the case of a domestic corporation, in care of any
 director  named  in  its  certificate of incorporation at the director's
 address stated therein or, in the case of an authorized  foreign  corpo-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05519-01-1
              

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