Bill Text: NY A10300 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the jurisdictional limits for small claims to fifteen thousand dollars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-13 - referred to judiciary [A10300 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10300-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10300

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 13, 2022
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        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN  ACT  to amend the uniform city court act, the uniform district court
          act, and the New York city civil court act, in relation to  increasing
          the jurisdictional limits for small claims to fifteen thousand dollars

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1801 of the uniform city court act, as  amended  by
     2  chapter 65 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 1801. Small claims defined.
     4    The  term  "small  claim"  or "small claims" as used in this act shall
     5  mean and include any cause of action for money only  not  in  excess  of
     6  [five]  fifteen thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, or any
     7  action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration  award  rendered
     8  pursuant  to  part  [137]  one  hundred thirty-seven of the rules of the
     9  chief administrator of the courts (22  NYCRR  Part  137)  in  which  the
    10  amount  in  dispute  does  not exceed [$5,000] fifteen thousand dollars,
    11  provided that the defendant either resides, or has  an  office  for  the
    12  transaction of business or a regular employment, within the county.
    13    § 2. Section 1801 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter
    14  485 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    15  § 1801. Small claims defined.
    16    The  term  "small  claim"  or "small claims" as used in this act shall
    17  mean and include any cause of action for money only  not  in  excess  of
    18  [five]  fifteen thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, or any
    19  action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration  award  rendered
    20  pursuant  to  part  [137]  one  hundred thirty-seven of the rules of the
    21  chief administrator of the courts (22  NYCRR  Part  137)  in  which  the
    22  amount  in  dispute  does  not exceed [$5,000] fifteen thousand dollars,
    23  provided that the defendant either resides, or has  an  office  for  the
    24  transaction  of  business  or a regular employment within the county, or
    25  where the claimant is or was a tenant or lessee of real  property  owned
    26  by  the  defendant  and  the claim relates to such tenancy or lease, and
    27  such real property is situated within the county.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 3. Section 1801 of the uniform district court  act,  as  amended  by
     2  chapter 65 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 1801. Small claims defined.
     4    The  term  "small  claim"  or "small claims" as used in this act shall
     5  mean and include any cause of action for money only  not  in  excess  of
     6  [five]  fifteen thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, or any
     7  action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration  award  rendered
     8  pursuant  to  part  one  hundred  thirty-seven of the rules of the chief
     9  administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the  amount  in
    10  dispute  does  not exceed [five] fifteen thousand dollars, provided that
    11  the defendant either resides, or has an office for  the  transaction  of
    12  business  or a regular employment, within a district of the court in the
    13  county.
    14    § 4. Section 1801 of the uniform district court  act,  as  amended  by
    15  chapter 485 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    16  § 1801. Small claims defined.
    17    The  term  "small  claim"  or "small claims" as used in this act shall
    18  mean and include any cause of action for money only  not  in  excess  of
    19  [five]  fifteen thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, or any
    20  action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration  award  rendered
    21  pursuant  to  part  one  hundred  thirty-seven of the rules of the chief
    22  administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the  amount  in
    23  dispute  does  not exceed [five] fifteen thousand dollars, provided that
    24  the defendant either resides, or has an office for  the  transaction  of
    25  business  or  a regular employment within a district of the court in the
    26  county, or where the claimant is or was a tenant or lessee of real prop-
    27  erty owned by the defendant and the claim relates  to  such  tenancy  or
    28  lease, and such real property is situated within a district of the court
    29  in the county.
    30    §  5. Section 1801 of the New York city civil court act, as amended by
    31  chapter 664 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    32    § 1801. Small claims defined. The term "small claim" or "small claims"
    33  as used in this act shall mean and include any cause of action for money
    34  only not in excess of [ten]    fifteen  thousand  dollars  exclusive  of
    35  interest  and  costs, or any action commenced by a party aggrieved by an
    36  arbitration award rendered pursuant to part [137]  one  hundred  thirty-
    37  seven  of  the  rules of the chief administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR
    38  Part 137) in which the amount in dispute does not exceed  [ten]  fifteen
    39  thousand  dollars, provided that the defendant either resides, or has an
    40  office for the transaction of business or a regular  employment,  within
    41  the city of New York.
    42    §  6. Section 1801 of the New York city civil court act, as amended by
    43  chapter 485 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    44    § 1801. Small claims defined. The term "small claim" or "small claims"
    45  as used in this act shall mean and include any cause of action for money
    46  only not in excess of [ten] fifteen thousand dollars exclusive of inter-
    47  est and costs, or any action commenced by a party aggrieved by an  arbi-
    48  tration  award  rendered pursuant to part [137] one hundred thirty-seven
    49  of the rules of the chief administrator of the  courts  (22  NYCRR  Part
    50  137)  in which the amount in dispute does not exceed [ten] fifteen thou-
    51  sand dollars, provided that the defendant  either  resides,  or  has  an
    52  office  for  the  transaction of business or a regular employment within
    53  the city of New York, or where claimant is a tenant or  lessee  of  real
    54  property owned by the defendant and the claim relates to such tenancy or
    55  lease, and such real property is situated within the city of New York.
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     1    §  7.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
     2  succeeding the date on which it  shall  have  become  a  law;  provided,
     3  however,  that  if  chapter 485 of the laws of 2021 shall not have taken
     4  effect on or before such date then sections two, four and  six  of  this
     5  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same manner as such
     6  chapter of the laws of 2021 takes effect.