Bill Text: NY A08441 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in judiciary [A08441 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A08441-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8441 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 15, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, the uniform city court act, the uniform district court act, the uniform justice court act and the tax law, in relation to notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 1811 of the New York 2 city civil court act, as amended by chapter 122 of the laws of 1987, 3 paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) as amended, paragraph 6 of subdivision 4 (b) as added, paragraph 7 of subdivision (b) as renumbered by chapter 5 650 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows: 6 (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall specify that a 7 failure to satisfy a judgment may subject the debtor to any one or 8 combination of the following actions: 9 1. garnishment of wage; 10 2. garnishment of bank account; 11 3. a lien on personal property; 12 4. seizure and sale of real property; 13 5. seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles; 14 6. suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if claim is 15 based on defendant's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle; 16 7. revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of any applicable 17 business license or permit; 18 8. investigation and prosecution by the attorney general for fraudu- 19 lent or illegal business practices; [and] 20 9. a penalty equal to three times the amount of the unsatisfied judg- 21 ment plus attorney's fees, if there are other unpaid claims[.]; AND 22 10. INTERCEPT OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT TO THE TAX LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11727-02-3 A. 8441 2 1 (b) Notice of judgment sent to judgment creditor shall contain but not 2 be limited to the following information: 3 1. the claimant's right to payment within thirty days following the 4 debtor's receipt of the judgment notice; 5 2. the procedures for use of section eighteen hundred twelve of this 6 article concerning the identification of assets of the judgment debtor, 7 including the use of information subpoenas, access to consumer credit 8 reports and the role of sheriffs and marshals, and actions to collect 9 three times the judgment award and attorney's fees if there are two 10 other unsatisfied claims against the debtor; 11 3. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 12 judgment through the sale of the debtor's real property, or personal 13 property; 14 4. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 15 judgment through suspension of debtor's motor vehicle license and regis- 16 tration, if claim is based on defendant's ownership or operation of a 17 motor vehicle; 18 5. the claimant's right to notify the appropriate state or local 19 licensing or certifying authority of an unsatisfied judgment as a basis 20 for possible revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of business 21 license; [and] 22 6. a statement that upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor 23 shall present appropriate proof thereof to the court; [and] 24 7. the claimant's right to notify the attorney general if the debtor 25 is a business and appears to be engaged in fraudulent or illegal busi- 26 ness practices[.]; AND 27 8. THE CLAIMANT'S RIGHT TO INITIATE ACTIONS TO RECOVER THE UNPAID 28 JUDGMENT THROUGH THE INTERCEPTION OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT 29 TO THE TAX LAW. 30 S 2. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 1811 of the uniform city 31 court act, as amended by chapter 122 of the laws of 1987, paragraph 2 of 32 subdivision (b) as amended, paragraph 6 of subdivision (b) as added, 33 paragraph 7 of subdivision (b) as renumbered by chapter 650 of the laws 34 of 1991, are amended to read as follows: 35 (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall specify that a 36 failure to satisfy a judgment may subject the debtor to any one or 37 combination of the following actions: 38 1. garnishment of wage; 39 2. garnishment of bank account; 40 3. a lien on personal property; 41 4. seizure and sale of real property; 42 5. seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles; 43 6. suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if claim is 44 based on defendant's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle; 45 7. revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of any applicable 46 business license or permit; 47 8. investigation and prosecution by the attorney general for fraudu- 48 lent or illegal business practices; [and] 49 9. a penalty equal to three times the amount of the unsatisfied judg- 50 ment plus attorney's fees, if there are other unpaid claims[.]; AND 51 10. INTERCEPT OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT TO THE TAX LAW. 52 (b) Notice of judgment sent to judgment creditor shall contain but not 53 be limited to the following information: 54 1. the claimant's right to payment within thirty days following the 55 debtor's receipt of the judgment notice; A. 8441 3 1 2. the procedures for use of section eighteen hundred twelve of this 2 article concerning the identification of assets of the judgment debtor 3 including the use of information subpoenas, access to consumer credit 4 reports and the role of sheriffs and marshals, and actions to collect 5 three times the judgment award and attorney's fees if there are two 6 other unsatisfied claims against the debtor; 7 3. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 8 judgment through the sale of the debtor's real property, or personal 9 property; 10 4. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 11 judgment through suspension of debtor's motor vehicle license and regis- 12 tration, if claim is based on defendant's ownership or operation of a 13 motor vehicle; 14 5. the claimant's right to notify the appropriate state or local 15 licensing or certifying authority of an unsatisfied judgment as a basis 16 for possible revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of business 17 license; [and] 18 6. a statement that upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor 19 shall present appropriate proof thereof to the court; [and] 20 7. the claimant's right to notify the attorney general if the debtor 21 is a business and appears to be engaged in fraudulent or illegal busi- 22 ness practices[.]; AND 23 8. THE CLAIMANT'S RIGHT TO INITIATE ACTIONS TO RECOVER THE UNPAID 24 JUDGMENT THROUGH THE INTERCEPTION OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT 25 TO THE TAX LAW. 26 S 3. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 1811 of the uniform district 27 court act, as amended by chapter 122 of the laws of 1987, paragraph 2 of 28 subdivision (b) as amended, paragraph 6 of subdivision (b) as added, 29 paragraph 7 of subdivision (b) as renumbered by chapter 650 of the laws 30 of 1991, are amended to read as follows: 31 (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall specify that a 32 failure to satisfy a judgment may subject the debtor to any one or 33 combination of the following actions: 34 1. garnishment of wage; 35 2. garnishment of bank account; 36 3. a lien on personal property; 37 4. seizure and sale of real property; 38 5. seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles; 39 6. suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if claim is 40 based on defendant's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle; 41 7. revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of any applicable 42 business license or permit; 43 8. investigation and prosecution by the attorney general for fraudu- 44 lent or illegal business practices; [and] 45 9. a penalty equal to three times the amount of the unsatisfied judg- 46 ment plus attorney's fees, if there are other unpaid claims[.]; AND 47 10. INTERCEPT OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT TO THE TAX LAW. 48 (b) Notice of judgment sent to judgment creditor shall contain but not 49 be limited to the following information: 50 1. the claimant's right to payment within thirty days following the 51 debtor's receipt of the judgment notice; 52 2. the procedures for use of section eighteen hundred twelve of this 53 article concerning the identification of assets of the judgment debtor 54 including the use of information subpoenas, access to consumer credit 55 reports and the role of sheriffs and marshals, and actions to collect A. 8441 4 1 three times the judgment award and attorney's fees if there are two 2 other unsatisfied claims against the debtor; 3 3. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 4 judgment through the sale of the debtor's real property, or personal 5 property; 6 4. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 7 judgment through suspension of debtor's motor vehicle license and regis- 8 tration, if claim is based on defendant's ownership or operation of a 9 motor vehicle; 10 5. the claimant's right to notify the appropriate state or local 11 licensing or certifying authority of an unsatisfied judgment as a basis 12 for possible revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of business 13 license; [and] 14 6. a statement that upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor 15 shall present appropriate proof thereof to the court; [and] 16 7. the claimant's right to notify the attorney general if the debtor 17 is a business and appears to be engaged in fraudulent or illegal busi- 18 ness practices[.]; AND 19 8. THE CLAIMANT'S RIGHT TO INITIATE ACTIONS TO RECOVER THE UNPAID 20 JUDGMENT THROUGH THE INTERCEPTION OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT 21 TO THE TAX LAW. 22 S 4. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 1811 of the uniform justice 23 court act, as amended by chapter 122 of the laws of 1987, paragraph 2 of 24 subdivision (b) as amended, paragraph 6 of subdivision (b) as added, 25 paragraph 7 of subdivision (b) as renumbered by chapter 650 of the laws 26 of 1991, are amended to read as follows: 27 (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall specify that a 28 failure to satisfy a judgment may subject the debtor to any one or 29 combination of the following actions: 30 1. garnishment of wage; 31 2. garnishment of bank account; 32 3. a lien on personal property; 33 4. seizure and sale of real property; 34 5. seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles; 35 6. suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if claim is 36 based on defendant's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle; 37 7. revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of any applicable 38 business license or permit; 39 8. investigation and prosecution by the attorney general for fraudu- 40 lent or illegal business practices; [and] 41 9. a penalty equal to three times the amount of the unsatisfied judg- 42 ment plus attorney's fees, if there are other unpaid claims[.]; AND 43 10. INTERCEPT OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT TO THE TAX LAW. 44 (b) Notice of judgment sent to judgment creditor shall contain but not 45 be limited to the following information: 46 1. the claimant's right to payment within thirty days following the 47 debtor's receipt of the judgment notice; 48 2. the procedures for use of section eighteen hundred twelve of this 49 article concerning the identification of assets of the judgment debtor 50 including the use of information subpoenas, access to consumer credit 51 reports and the role of sheriffs and marshals, and actions to collect 52 three times the judgment award and attorney's fees if there are two 53 other unsatisfied claims against the debtor; 54 3. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 55 judgment through the sale of the debtor's real property, or personal 56 property; A. 8441 5 1 4. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid 2 judgment through suspension of debtor's motor vehicle license and regis- 3 tration, if claim is based on defendant's ownership or operation of a 4 motor vehicle; 5 5. the claimant's right to notify the appropriate state or local 6 licensing or certifying authority of an unsatisfied judgment as a basis 7 for possible revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of business 8 license; [and] 9 6. a statement that upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor 10 shall present appropriate proof thereof to the court; [and] 11 7. the claimant's right to notify the attorney general if the debtor 12 is a business and appears to be engaged in fraudulent or illegal busi- 13 ness practices[.]; AND 14 8. THE CLAIMANT'S RIGHT TO INITIATE ACTIONS TO RECOVER THE UNPAID 15 JUDGMENT THROUGH THE INTERCEPTION OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT 16 TO THE TAX LAW. 17 S 5. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 171-w to read as 18 follows: 19 S 171-W. INTERCEPTION OF INCOME TAX REFUND IN SATISFACTION OF SMALL 20 CLAIMS JUDGMENT. THE COMMISSIONER, ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL 21 ENTER INTO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 22 COURTS, WHICH SHALL SET FORTH THE PROCEDURES FOR THE INTERCEPTION OF ANY 23 INCOME TAX REFUND OWED TO ANY SMALL CLAIMS JUDGMENT DEBTOR, INCLUDING 24 PENALTIES AND ATTORNEY'S FEES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR PURSUANT TO PARA- 25 GRAPH 9 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION 1811 OF THE NEW YORK CITY CIVIL 26 COURT ACT, THE UNIFORM CIVIL COURT ACT, THE UNIFORM DISTRICT COURT ACT 27 AND THE UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, AND PAYMENT OF SUCH REFUND TO THE 28 SMALL CLAIMS JUDGMENT CREDITOR WHO FILES AN APPROPRIATE NOTICE WITH THE 29 COMMISSIONER AS AN ACTION TO RECOVER SUCH JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI- 30 SION (B) OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE NEW YORK CITY CIVIL 31 COURT ACT, SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE 32 UNIFORM CITY COURT ACT, SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED 33 ELEVEN OF THE UNIFORM DISTRICT COURT ACT OR SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION 34 EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT. 35 S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.