Bill Text: NY A06245 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits special proceedings against certain designated state officials to be commenced in a supreme court in the judicial district of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business; provides that a proceeding against the public service commission shall only be commenced in the supreme court, Albany county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-07 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [A06245 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A06245-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6245 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, KAVANAGH, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the venue for certain special proceedings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 506 of the civil 2 practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 1992, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 2. a proceeding against the regents of the university of the state of 5 New York, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of taxation 6 and finance, the tax appeals tribunal, except as provided in section two 7 thousand sixteen of the tax law, the public service commission, the 8 commissioner or the department of transportation relating to [articles] 9 ARTICLE three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten of the trans- 10 portation law or to the railroad law, the water resources board, the 11 comptroller, or the department of agriculture and markets[, shall] MAY 12 be commenced in the supreme court, Albany county OR IN THE JUDICIAL 13 DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PETITIONER RESIDES OR HAS ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF 14 BUSINESS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A PROCEEDING AGAINST THE PUBLIC 15 SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL ONLY BE COMMENCED IN THE SUPREME COURT, ALBANY 16 COUNTY. 17 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00106-01-1