STATE OF NEW YORK
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5610
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, COLTON, ABINANTI,
WEPRIN, STECK, M. G. MILLER, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, D'URSO, JAFFEE,
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:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of
2 section 7511 of the civil practice law and rules is amended and a new
3 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
4 (iv) failure to follow the procedure of this article, unless the party
5 applying to vacate the award continued with the arbitration with notice
6 of the defect and without objection[.]; or
7 (v) the arbitrator evidenced a manifest disregard of the law in
8 rendering the award.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
10 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00874-01-9