Bill Text: NY A06672 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Establishes venue in actions to recover student debt; provides that in actions to recover student debt owed to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of the defendant, if one resides in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-25 - signed chap.570 [A06672 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06672-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Establishes venue in actions to recover student debt; provides that in actions to recover student debt owed to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of the defendant, if one resides in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-25 - signed chap.570 [A06672 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06672-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6672 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 28, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, BURDICK, CLARK, COLTON, DINOWITZ, GALLAGHER, GIBBS, JACKSON, KELLES, MAGNARELLI, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, STECK, ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici- ary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to includ- ing medical services, student loans, auto loans and retail installment contracts in the definition of "consumer credit transaction" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 105 of the civil practice law 2 and rules, as added by chapter 238 of the laws of 1973, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (f) Consumer credit transaction. The term "consumer credit trans- 5 action" means a transaction wherein credit is extended to an individual 6 and the money, property, or service which is the subject of the trans- 7 action is primarily for personal, family or household purposes. A 8 consumer credit transaction includes debt incurred in connection with, 9 among others, medical services, student loans whether owed to the state 10 of New York or otherwise, auto loans and retail installment contracts. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00003-02-3