Bill Text: NY A09641 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9641 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that certain subpoenas be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-30 - enacting clause stricken [A09641 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09641-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9641
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to requir-
          ing that certain subpoenas be served  with  a  separate  informational
          sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1311-a of the  civil  practice  law  and  rules  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7.  Any subpoena issued pursuant to this section and in relation to an
     4  action commenced under article sixteen of the election law shall require
     5  that the subpoena be served with a  separate  informational  sheet  that
     6  summarizes  why  the  subpoena  has  been  issued,  that the case is not
     7  related to a criminal action, that the person to whom  the  subpoena  is
     8  being  served  does  not  currently face criminal charges related to the
     9  case, specify that the action is related to the upcoming election of the
    10  pertinent office and the consequences of  not  following  the  subpoena.
    11  The  informational  sheet  shall be affixed to the subpoena being served
    12  and shall be written in plain language and printed in a format and  type
    13  size that is clear and easy to read.
    14    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    15  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13644-01-7