Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to local governments |
Jan 22, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A2099
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PERRY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Felix Ortiz
Victor M. Pichardo
multi-Sponsors
Jose Rivera
Jo Anne Simon
2019-A2099 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A2099 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2099 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, PICHARDO -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. RIVERA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to municipal liability for negligence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Ariel's Law". § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 50-o to read as follows: § 50-O. MUNICIPAL LIABILITY OR NEGLIGENCE IF A WITNESS CONTACTS THE MUNICIPALITY. IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE AN INJURED PARTY IS UNABLE TO ACT ON HIS OR HER BEHALF, A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A NEGLIGENCE CLAIM WHEN ANY INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF HIS OR HER RELATIONSHIP TO THE INDIVIDUAL, PLACES A CALL OR ANY OTHER FORM OF CONTACT TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MUNICIPALITY PERTAINING TO THE OCCURRENCE OF THE INJURY. IT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED THAT THE INJURED PARTY BE AWARE OR HAVE KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME THAT THE CALL OR CONTACT WAS MADE ON HIS OR HER BEHALF. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07199-01-9
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