Bill Text: NY A01848 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to allowing fees to be charged in connection with the service of information subpoenas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A01848 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01848-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1848
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  allow-
          ing  fees  to be charged in connection with the service of information
          subpoenas
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision (b) of rule 5224 of the civil practice law and
     2  rules, as amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    (b) Fees. A judgment debtor served with a subpoena under this [section
     5  and any] rule shall not be entitled to any fee. Any other person  served
     6  with  an information subpoena shall [not be entitled to any fee] be paid
     7  in advance the sum of ten dollars, except that a person served  with  an
     8  information  subpoena  shall not be entitled to a fee where the state, a
     9  municipality, or an agency or officer of the state or a municipality, is
    10  the judgment creditor.  Any other person served with a subpoena  requir-
    11  ing  attendance  or  the production of books and papers shall be paid or
    12  tendered in advance authorized traveling expenses and one day's  witness
    13  fee.
    14    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    15  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00351-01-9