Senate Bill S6662

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the territorial definition of a commercial claim

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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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2011-S6662 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform District Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §1801-A, UDCA

2011-S6662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the territorial definition of a commercial claim.

2011-S6662 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6662

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 8, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
  istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  uniform  district court act, in relation to the
  territorial definition of a commercial claim

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1801-A of the uniform district
court act, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2006, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (a) The term "commercial claim" or "commercial claims" as used in this
act  shall  mean  and  include any cause of action for money only not in
excess of the maximum amount permitted for a small claim  in  the  small
claims part of the court, exclusive of interest and costs, provided that
subject  to the limitations contained in section eighteen hundred nine-A
of this article, the claimant is a corporation, partnership  or  associ-
ation,  which  has  its  principal  office  in the state of New York and
provided that the defendant either resides, or has  an  office  for  the
transaction of business or a regular employment, within [the] A district
in the county where the court is located.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14131-01-2


              

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